There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
A good abstraction is one that captures the essential aspects of a concept while ignoring the irrelevant details.
A story is not a lie, but neither is it the truth.
Words have the power to heal, to destroy, and to create.
点燃蜡烛的同时也投下了阴影。
The bond market is the ultimate reflection of market psychology.