Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

She had always been a watcher, a listener, a collector of stories.

"Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same."

是我们遇到的那些人，让生命变得值得活下去。

"A child who reads will never be bored."

Pride is the universal sin, the great vice.

死亡之所以紧紧跟随生命，不是因为生物学的必然性，而是因为嫉妒。生命如此美丽，以至于死亡爱上了它，这是一种嫉妒的、占有欲强烈的爱，它会抓住它能抓住的一切。

教育是老年人的最佳粮食。

"I think children are naturally curious and open to new ideas, and that's something I try to capture in my books."

一本伟大的传记是一种朝圣，走在别人的足迹中，同时试图理解他们的灵魂。