写作是使不可见变为可见的艺术。
I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.
我想起我那堆旧平装书，书页已经变得松软，仿佛它们曾经属于大海。
我们需要关注政策的实际结果，而不仅仅是其预期效果。
历史不过是一连串的意外。它只能让我们准备好再次被意外。
The study of life is the study of endless possibilities.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.