To write a life is to walk a tightrope between fact and interpretation.
撰写一生就是在事实与解读之间走钢丝。
Nobody wants to be this strenuous thing: an individual; it demands an effort.
The strength of a state is in the well-being of its people.
The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years or more to play out.
处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
原子能的释放并没有创造新的问题。它仅仅是把解决一个现有问题的工作变得更为急迫。
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
出自包天笑翻译的日本小说《不如归》中引用的古诗。