正因为我是你妈妈说话才最算数，因为我最了解你。

"I think the job of the novelist is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."

为了成功，你必须愿意失败。

当人们拥有某物时，往往会给予更高的评价。

The best buildings are those that age gracefully.

I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.

"The act of reading is as creative as the act of writing."

I'm not perfect, but I'm always me.