"In times of crisis, true leaders emerge by making tough decisions with conviction."

She's simply too strange. We can't relate to her, she speaks in a funny way, she comes from an odd place. So we can't relate to her, and when you can't relate to somebody, you don't envy them. The closer two people are -- in age, in background, in the process of identification -- the more there's a danger of envy, which is incidentally why none of you should ever go to a school reunion, because there is no stronger reference point than people one was at school with.

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

"Stories are the way we teach children how to navigate the world with courage and kindness."

沉默不可避免地仍然是一种言语形式。

我应该根据她的行为，而不是根据她的话来判断她。