悲观主义者在每个机会里看到困难。乐观主义者在每个困难里看到机会。
关于神，我无法知道他们是否存在，也无法知道他们是什么样子的。许多事情阻碍了知识，包括主题的晦涩和人类生命的短暂。
The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.