A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him.

过去总是与我们同在，塑造着我们的现在和未来。

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

一个国家的力量不仅仅是其强制能力，还包括其提供服务的能力以及在公民眼中保持合法性的能力。

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.

The power of a team far exceeds that of an individual—collaboration creates miracles.

"The immune system is like a double-edged sword; it can fight cancer but also needs to be controlled."