The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.

  • -- Shirin Ebadi 西林·埃巴迪

文化相对主义只是侵犯人权的借口。

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I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing.

我希望我的书能经久不衰,经受住时间的考验,为了做到这一点,我将重点放在塑造这个主题的力量上——文化和社会学地理——以一种无论它们在做什么都能解释的方式来捕捉它们。

This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy.

这个国家,尤其是西海岸,不善于保存任何文化遗产。

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

作家的任务是能够从一个想法中创造出一些东西。

Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.

没有什么能超越坏主意的美丽和优雅。