小说家的任务是唤醒读者的同情，让读者关心。

The wound is the place where light enters you.

你爱一个人不是"因为"，而是"尽管"；不是爱其优点，而是包容其缺点。

The main task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.

"The world is full of stories, but the ones that matter most are the ones we tell ourselves."

海洋的潜力是无限的，但我们利用它的智慧却是有限的。