I don't need a title to be a legend.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

数学家是将咖啡转化为定理的装置。

教育是在所学知识被遗忘后仍能留存的东西。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.