Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

要这样行动，使得你意志的准则任何时候都能同时被看作一个普遍立法的原则。

故事是我们理解世界的方式。

对智者来说，世界是喜剧；对愚者来说，世界是悲剧。

你是通往充实生活的道路上唯一的真正障碍。

领导力就是做出艰难的决定并坚持它们，即使这些决定不受欢迎。

当观众带来他们自己的解释时，艺术品就完成了。

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

我认为能够轻松对待自己是很重要的。

悲伤就是知识

小说的最终考验是你是否如此关心这些人以至于你想知道他们接下来会发生什么。