世界充满了故事，每个故事本身就是一个世界。

I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.

推理小说的结局往往出人意料，却又在情理之中。

The snake has to shed his skin before he can grow.

The human mind is not just a passive recorder of reality but an active constructor of it.

"You can't change what you refuse to confront."

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.