The best thing about being a writer is that you get to live in the world you create.

The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault.

生命的意义在于经历，而不在于结果。

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

——《我的回忆》（1911年11月中旬）

我现在生活的全部信念在于，孤独远非一种罕见而奇特的现象，它不仅仅是我和少数其他孤独者的特质，而是人类存在的核心和不可避免的事实。

The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.

人生苦短，开心就好。