作家的生活是一种屈辱的生活。

To write is to carve words into the flesh of time.

写作是见证真相的一种方式。

Resilience is built through adversity, not comfort.

If you hate yourself, you will hate others. If you cannot love yourself, you cannot love others.

Luxury is not about buying expensive things. It's about living in a way where you appreciate things that are well made, that last.

A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.