The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

译文：一个人要是喜欢在众人面前争个长短，那么他必定会在背后说人的是非。赏析：喜欢争长短的人，大多自私自利，刻薄寡恩，一旦别人伤害他的利益时，他就会说三道四。

"A good picture book should work without any words at all."

生活就是当你忙于制定其他计划时发生的事情。

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

写作是一种面对我们在现实生活中害怕面对的事情的方式。