我是一个坚强的女人。我不会坐着为自己感到难过,也不会让别人虐待我。
I'm a strong woman. I don't sit around feeling sorry for myself nor let people mistreat me.
The novel is a machine for generating meaning.
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.