I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to put to rout all that was not life.

最好的故事是那些让你以陌生的方式看待熟悉事物的故事。

"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."

I know I'm not an ordinary year-old. I've had surgeries so that I can breathe, see, and hear without hearing aids, but it all makes me look unusual.

现在，无论是左倾还是右倾的政治人物，都同意“功绩主义”是个好事。我们应该尽力让我们的社会崇尚“功绩主义”，换句话说，一个崇尚“功绩主义”的社会是什么样的呢？一个崇尚功绩主义的社会相信，如果你有才能、精力和技术，你就会飞黄腾达，没有什么能阻止你，这是个美好的想法。

写作是一种生活方式，一种理解世界和理解自己的方式。