She is not only my mom but also herself.

不过话得说回来，没有一桩事是容易的。

I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings.

如果你试图取得成就，就会遇到障碍。我遇到过；每个人都遇到过。但障碍不一定会阻止你。如果你遇到一堵墙，不要转身放弃。想办法爬过去，穿过它，或者绕过它。

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.