Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.

I don't care about the rules, I make my own.

Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.

The art of the novel is to make the reader forget that the writer exists.

衡量你成长程度的最好方法不是用你现在能在跑道上跑多少圈，甚至不是用你的平均成绩来衡量——当然，这些都很重要。重要的是你用你的时间做了什么，你选择了怎样度过你的每一天，以及你今年接触了谁。对我来说，这是衡量成功的最大标准。