真正的纽约人暗中相信，生活在其他地方的人在某种意义上一定是在开玩笑。
"The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding."
积聚的水如果不深，就无力浮起大船。倒一杯水在堂前的凹地，芥草浮在上面就是小船了，放一只水杯在上面就动不了了，是因为水浅而船大。聚集的风如果不大，就无力载负巨大的双翼，因而大鹏扶摇而上九万里，疾风在下面劲吹，然后才能凭借风力，背负蓝天而无可阻挡，才能够一路南飞。
"To write about pain is to dissolve its power over memory."
Life is a great big canvas，and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
没有功能的设计是艺术，但有功能的设计改变生活。
据古巴安全部门统计，美国在半个世纪以来对他的谋杀计划多达630余次
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.