I believe in the power of love and kindness.

"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."

身体是一个战场，每一道伤疤都讲述着一个故事。

War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.

The historian must have a kind of faith that humanity will not and cannot perish.

The challenge is not to represent Africa, but to present African complexities.

改变心态只需一分钟，而这一分钟却能改变一整天。