The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

衡量一个文明的标准是它如何对待其艺术家。

You can't change the past, but you can shape the future.

The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.