"We must embrace a growth mindset, where we are constantly learning, adapting, and evolving."

Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

写作是一种勇气，因为它要求我们面对自己内心最深处的恐惧和欲望。

The historian must be a poet and an artist in order to give life to the dead bones of the past.

I don't need to be fixed. I'm not broken.