Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

写作的行为是对存在混乱的一种抵抗行为。

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。