I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection.

Happiness is not a right; it is a rare and precious exception.

To thrive in a changing world, you must be willing to adapt and innovate.

Childhood is a foreign country we've all visited but can't quite remember.

The only thing I can control is my effort and my attitude.

城市的穷人就像树的根：看不见，但对生存至关重要。

在我们的内心深处被唤起的，就是那个久远的背景——古老的人类心理模式，它们源于遗传而非后天习得，我们从业已模糊的往日世代继承了它们。