真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

我们不是在经营服务人的咖啡生意，而是在经营提供咖啡的人的事业。

Writing is about making something seem real, not about making it real.

We must face our reality through literature.

译文：人生的处境变化无常，我们一定要谋划未来，学习安身立命的本领；人生的光阴容易逝去，我们应该尽早谋划人生，确立目标并付诸行动。赏析：生命有限，时光短暂，我们应早日树立人生目标，学得一技之长，方能立于不败之地。

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

To be a Negro in America is to be in a constant state of rage.