"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.
We are all exiles in one way or another.
成功不仅仅是达到顶峰,而是在攀登的过程中帮助他人。
"You gave me a forever within the numbered days."
译文:三国鼎立,孔明的功勋最为卓著,他创制的八卦阵,更是名扬千古。
I think that one should recognize the reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.