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"A story is not a message with a plot wrapped around it, but a plot that may contain a message."
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
The soul is not a thing you can have. It is a way of being in the world.
Writing is not about being clever. It's about being honest.
It's not the writer's job to tell you how to feel. It's the writer's job to tell you something and make you feel it.
The real struggle is not between good and evil but between pain and pleasure.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
I want the reader to feel something is astonishing—not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens.
Love is not about finding a perfect person, but about learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
True loneliness is not being alone, but feeling lonely in a crowd.
The most dangerous thing is not the lies we tell others, but the lies we tell ourselves.
写作不是为了取悦别人，而是为了发现自己。
小说家的任务不是告诉读者世界是什么样子，而是让读者看到世界可能是什么样子。
People can be divided into these types: strangers, acquaintances, familiar people, friends, and close friends. True friendship isn't about compliments to your face, but whether you're mentioned when they talk about friends behind your back.