"To write is to resist—to resist forgetting, to resist silence, to resist oppression."
写作即抵抗——抵抗遗忘，抵抗沉默，抵抗压迫。
最强大的人永远不足以始终成为主宰，除非他将力量转化为权利，将服从转化为义务。
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
There are no second acts in American lives.
The most dangerous threat to democracy is the erosion of trust in institutions.
译文：救助陷入危难之中的人，就如同世上的活菩萨；能够超脱世俗之外的人，便称得上大英雄。赏析：救人一命，胜造七级浮屠。救人于危难之中，助人于急需之时。身处俗世，心若有桃花源，亦能自成一方天地。