Silence is the virtue of fools.

"The first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone."

If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, whatever they might be, and then infer the motivations from their consequences.

在商业中，不进则退。

写作就是在沉默和谎言之间做出选择。

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.