People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

People are curious. A few people are. They will be driven to find things out, even trivial things. They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken.

We don't inherit the ocean from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

Today is cruel, tomorrow is crueler, and the day after tomorrow is beautiful. But most people will die tomorrow night.

历史是由胜利者书写的，但真相往往藏在失败者的沉默中。

What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears.

忠于自己，但永远保持开放学习的心态。