The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

Literature is the exploration of the human condition.

人生中唯一真正的失败是不忠于自己所知的最好。

人生には、答えのない問いがたくさんある。