Nowadays, particularly in the United States, if you meet someone at the bottom of society, they may unkindly be described as a "loser." There's a real difference between an unfortunate and a loser, and that shows 400 years of evolution in society and our belief in who is responsible for our lives. It's no longer the gods, it's us. We're in the driving seat.

The human soul is a dark vast forest, with wild life in it.

虽然熟读了《诗经》三百篇，但让他去处理政事，却办不好；派他出使国外，却不能独立地根据具体情况应对自如；这样的人，读的即使再多，又有什么用处呢？

A writer’s life is a life of interruptions.

The past is not for living in; it is a well of conclusions from which we draw in order to act.

我是当今世上排名第一的活着的摇滚明星。

世界是一个谜题，碎片散落在各处。