生命的最高表现在于:一个存在者管理自己的行为。总是受他人指导的事物在某种程度上是死物。
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
阅读的行为是一种同理心的行为,一种走进他人鞋子的方式。
"The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then throw rocks at him."