The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl.

The life of a writer is absolutely solitary. He has to be alone to do his work.

写作是一种抵抗，是在日益冰冷的世界中保持人性火焰不灭的方式。

It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living. It's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety. I want to look now, if I may, at some of the reasons why we might be feeling anxiety about our careers. Why we might be victims of these career crises, as we're weeping softly into our pillows. One of the reasons why we might be suffering is that we are surrounded by snobs.

真正的英雄是懂得生活在和平中而非战争中的人。

The things you do in your 20s will shape your future.