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?

作家必须甘于被挑战。

我明白你无法控制发生在你身上的事，但你可以控制自己的反应。

The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is.

成功来自于努力工作、远见和适应能力的结合。