The writer’s role is to question, not to comfort.

I will always be grateful to my poor parents. I owe everything to them， my education， my life， and any success I have had.

人生就像一场逆行的旅程，我也是其中的一个过客。

The ability to associate depends, in turn, on the degree to which communities share norms and values and are able to subordinate individual interests to those of larger groups.

书籍是连接我们与过去的桥梁。

The act of reading is an act of empathy, a way of stepping into someone else's shoes.