Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

"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?"

哲学在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是避难所，在年老时是供应品。