The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

"文学是一种抵抗的形式，是对所有试图让我们沉默的事物说‘我在这里’的方式。"

Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

我不是一个放弃自己韧性的人。

人是自己的世界。