Democracy begins to fail and political life becomes impoverished when the public spheres are stripped of their capacity to operate as democratic spaces and are reduced to market-driven domains.
当公共领域被剥夺作为民主空间运作的能力并被简化为市场驱动的领域时，民主开始失败，政治生活变得贫瘠。
Every novel is an experiment.
I used to think the world was broken down by tribes. Then I thought it was broken down by rich and poor. Then I thought it was broken down by stupid and smart. But I know now that it is broken down by people who are alive and people who are dead.
最好的领导者是那些能够赋能他人去领导的人。