I don’t let fear define me, I let it refine me.

A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.

I don't listen to what people say. I just go out there and do my best.

虚伪永远不能凭借它生长在权力中而变成真实。

旅行就是写作，写作就是旅行。

个体的行为不是由其种族归属决定的，而是由其祖先的特征和文化环境决定的。

To be a diplomat is to be a professional liar, but the best diplomats are those who lie the least.

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour.