And I went to talk to them about certain of the great tragedies of Western art. I wanted to see how they would seize the bare bones of certain stories, if they came in as a news item at the news desk on a Saturday afternoon.
童话故事比真实更真实：不是因为它们告诉我们龙存在，而是因为它们告诉我们龙是可以被打败的。
Words are the only homeland we have.
——序，姚伯麟《战后太平洋问题》，1919年9月
Leadership is about making tough decisions today that will benefit future generations.
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.