我从不考虑未来。它来得已经够快了。

"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

A quarry should heal the earth even as it harvests from it.

当我们为后代规划时，我们应该记住，美德并不是世代相传的。

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

译文：一句话不小心就会招致祸患，一件事不小心就会玷污名节。赏析：口无遮拦的人迟早会给自己带来祸患，行为不检点之人更会玷污自己的名节。我们的一言一行不仅关乎名节，更关乎性命，所以，我们要谨言慎行。