The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open.
一个设计良好的空间应该在你踏入的那一刻就感觉像家一样。
当没有人相信你时，你必须相信自己。
The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome given the alternatives.
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
我们的经验往往证实了一个长期持有的观点：在一生中的几个关键时刻，准备好迅速且大规模地采取行动，去做一些简单且符合逻辑的事情，常常会显著提升一生的财务成果。