重要的不是你看到了什么，而是你观察到了什么。
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
现实是，你知道，作为一个黑人，巴拉克去趟加油站都可能被开枪打死。
"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."
The only source of knowledge is experience.
"写作是一种孤独的旅程，但正是这种孤独让我们更接近自己。"