"Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?"

最成功的社会是那些能够在强大国家的需求与个人自由的需求之间取得平衡的社会。

People always think they’re going to write a book. They think they’re going to write a book, and then they don’t.

真相并不总是我们想听的，但它是我们需要知道的。

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.

有时我会感到，我伸展开来覆盖大地、延伸进万物：我感到自己生活在每一棵树木中、生活在浪花中、生活在往来无定的云朵和动物中、生活在季节的轮回中。