Man should humbly face nature.

"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."

出自先秦《荀子·强国》。一个人知道爱惜生命、安于快乐而抛弃礼义，那就好比想长寿而自刎其颈一样。此以比喻来说明坚守礼仪对于“贵生乐安”的重要性，强调治国安邦不可缺失礼义的意义。

文学的魔力在于你能在一生中活上千次。

摆脱诱惑的唯一方式就是屈服于它。