中国四大名著里，成就最高的还是《西游记》，因为它最有寓言喻义。八戒是贪，悟空是嗔，沙僧是痴，白龙马是无妄。

作为教师，我们的任务是帮助他们面对竞争的结果，尤其是让他们认识到失败时坚定意志、重新振作起来并坚持目标渡过难关的意义。

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

在我还是一个孩子的时候，我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。我帮忙修理风车，为牛接种疫苗，也做其它家务。每天下午，我们都会看肥皂剧，尤其是《我们的岁月》。我的祖父母参加了一个房车俱乐部，那是一群驾驶Airstream拖挂型房车的人们，他们结伴遍游美国和加拿大。每隔几个夏天，我也会加入他们。我们把房车挂在祖父的小汽车后面，然后加入300余名Airstream探险者们组成的浩荡队伍。我爱我的祖父母，我崇敬他们，也真心期盼这些旅程。那是一次我大概十岁时的旅行，我照例坐在后座的长椅上，祖父开着车，祖母坐在他旁边，吸着烟。我讨厌烟味。

As a kid， I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills， vaccinate cattle， and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon， especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club， a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every few summers， we'd join the caravan. We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car， and off we'd go， in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip， I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather was driving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips， and I hated the smell.

杰夫·贝索斯

除了罪犯，这个世界上没有一个人在做自己喜欢的事情。

韩寒

诗不是情感的放纵，而是情感的逃避；不是个性的表达，而是个性的逃避。

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

T.S.艾略特

自由是上帝赐予的权利。

Freedom is God-given right.

密茨凯维奇

“要不是有雾，我们可以看见海湾对面你家的房子，”盖茨比说，“你家码头的尽头总有一盏通宵不灭的绿灯。”黛西蓦然伸过胳臂去挽着他的胳臂，但他似乎沉浸在方才所说的话里。可能他突然想到那盏灯的巨大意义现在永远消失了。和那把他跟黛西分开的遥远距离相比较，那盏灯曾经似乎离她很近，几乎碰得着她。那就好像一颗星离月亮那么近一样。现在它又是码头上的一盏绿灯了。

菲茨杰拉德

读诗如品茶，需要静下心来慢慢体会。急不得，也躁不得。