The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

"You can’t just give up on someone because the situation’s not ideal."

你在生活中能走多远取决于你对年轻人温柔，对老年人富有同情心，对奋斗者感同身受，对弱者和强者宽容。因为在你的生活中，总有一天你会成为所有这些。

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

The novel is a way of thinking, not just a way of telling a story.

"We are all broken, that's how the light gets in."

生活其实很简单，但我们坚持把它复杂化。

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.