To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then and then only, does it come into existence.

I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.

不管你有多少钱，世上只有两种人：一种是还幸存的，一种是已迷失的。

Every detail matters, because every detail is part of the whole.