A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由,以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.