"Die Kunst des Schreibens besteht darin, die Welt so zu beschreiben, wie sie ist, und gleichzeitig so, wie sie sein könnte."

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

写作是一种自我救赎。

当天赋不努力时，勤奋会战胜天赋。

幸福是自我的本质；幸福和自我没有不同。世界上的任何事物中都没有幸福。我们由于无知而想象我们从物体中获得幸福。

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?

Sometimes the detective isn't solving the crime as much as being consumed by it.