我从很早以前就决定，要无条件地接受人生。我从来不期待生活给与我任何特别的东西，但我所成就的似乎总比我原来希望的多得多。大多数时候我并没有去寻求，它自己就来到了我身边。

"What we choose to remember says as much about us as what we choose to forget."

They had said that the city was a paradise, but I found it a hell.

文学应该让人不安，应该提出问题，而不是给出答案。

Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.

The power of mathematics is in its universality and its ability to transcend cultural boundaries.

I don't have perfect teeth, I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything.

自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内，成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉，许多其他动物在逃命，因恐惧而呜咽，其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬，成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。