文学是灵魂的食粮，它滋养我们并让我们成长。

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them - and then, the opportunity to choose.

必须有出世者的宽广胸怀，才能入世；否则的话，很容易受到尘世的各种利诱纠缠而使自己迅速堕落；必须有入世者的深刻体验，才能出世；否则的话，很容易变得空虚无聊而使自己难以把持人生。

The past is a different country, they do things differently there.

故事是一种表达无法用其他方式表达的东西的方式。

The only way to escape the weight of history is to write about it.

轻佻应以稳重矫正，浮躁应以踏实矫正，偏狭应以宽宏矫正，固执应以圆润矫正，傲慢应以谦虚矫正，放肆应以拘谨矫正，奢侈应以节俭矫正，残忍应以慈蔼矫正，贪心应以廉洁矫正，自私应以公心矫正，多话应以缄默矫正，好动应以镇静矫正，粗率应以细密矫正，急躁应以和缓矫正，怠惰应以精勤矫正，刚强暴戾应以温柔矫正，浅露应以沉潜矫正，苛薄应以浑厚矫正。