The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.

最好的领导者是那些能够预见未来的人。

He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

人类的选择在于自由和幸福之间，而对于大多数人来说，幸福更好。

家庭是社会的基本单位，而它正受到攻击。

The truth is not always the best answer, but it is the only one that can set you free.

如果我是艺术家并且我在工作室里，那么我在工作室里做的任何事情都必须是艺术。

The rest of the world quieted into nothing. In that moment, after ten long years, Celaena looked at Chaol and realized she was home.

People always think they’re going to write a book. They think they’re going to write a book, and then they don’t.