The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens.
Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority of a voice, not the purity of a soul.
We are all prisoners of our own stories, but we can choose how to tell them.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
The past is always tense, the future perfect.
人生短暂，不要在消极上浪费时间。
The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.