"The worst thing you can do to a writer is leave them alone."

When someone is nasty， rude， hateful， or mean with you， pretend they have a disease. That makes it easier to have empathy toward them which can soften the conflict.

多数人的暴政是一种加倍的暴政。

If memories had a smell, it would be the fragrance of camphor, sweet and secure, like clearly remembered happiness, sweet and melancholy, like forgotten sorrow.

When ambition fails, people like to blame the devil.