Horace Derwent

“That faint light in each of us which dates back to before our birth, to before all births, is what must be protected if we want to rejoin that remote glory from which we shall never know why we are separated.”
― Emil M. Cioran

“中共當局攻擊說，「諾貝爾和平獎已經政治化了」，倫德斯塔德指出：「和平本身就和政治緊密相關，我們今年關注的焦點是人權、民主和和平之間的關聯。諾委會多年來一直首肯這樣一種關聯。」他進而聯繫諾貝爾獎之歷史論述表示：「有些政府說諾委會在干擾和平。我們頒獎給奧斯茨基（Carl von Ossietzky）的時候，希特勒就這樣講；我們頒獎給沙卡洛夫或華勒沙的時候，克里姆林宮的主人們也這樣講。這樣講的還有當年的南非、緬甸和伊朗。但從長遠看，和平與人權與民主之間有著必然的聯繫。假如政府在國內或多或少系統地鎮壓自己的民眾的話，你將無法長期保持這個社會的和平。」”
― 余杰, 我無罪：劉曉��傳

“When I think back those tides were like women with different scents and different demands. Low tide was fruity and cool. It took a while to get to her edge. Low tide held back. The onus was on you to go on over to her. High tide smelled of heat that built up. It was Chanel No. 5 to her drugstore opposite. She went after you in no uncertain terms.”
― Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“A Marxist–Leninist nationalist political party, determined to rectify the historic shame of losing territory to British imperialists, was hell-bent on controlling a liberal, multicultural, international-minded city that thrived on open borders and freedom of speech. There was no possibility of a win–win resolution.”
― Bill Birtles, The Truth About China: Propaganda, patriotism and the search for answers