Adventure should be 80 percent planning and 20 percent sheer guts.
Happiness depends on the inner self, not the external world.
A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.
我独处时从来不感到厌烦,闲聊才是我一辈子忍受不了的事情。
人生は、選択の連続である。
新的大国的崛起总是引起现有大国的担忧,因为它威胁到现有的权力平衡。
The greatest virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.