小说是对时间不可逆性的抗议。
The novel is a protest against the irreversibility of time.
真相伤人，但谎言更伤人。
自由民主在世界范围内的传播并非不可避免，但它是现代化进程中最可能的结果。
The state is the most important institution in human history.
Climate change is the greatest threat to global forests, but also our greatest opportunity for innovation.
The simplicity of nature is not to be measured by our conceptions of simplicity.