The study of auctions teaches us about the broader workings of markets.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

每一部伟大的小说对作者和读者都是一次通往未知的旅程。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

看似痛苦的试炼的往往是伪装的祝福。

The ocean is a great inspiration for me.