“如果有人爱上一朵花，而这朵花生长在亿万星球中的一颗，那足以让他在仰望星空时感觉到幸福，因为他知道‘我的花儿就在那里……’可绵羊如果把花朵吃掉了，那对他来说，就等于所有的星星都瞬间消失了！难道这也不重要吗？”

安托万·德·圣-埃克苏佩里

我沉浸在艺术家的梦境中，目不转睛地看着那片苍翠的橡树面前加油站的朴实明亮的设备，或者看着一座远处的小山——虽然满是伤疤但仍未被驯服——从想要吞没它的那片不断发展的农业的荒野上挣脱出来。

弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

没有人是为了读书而读书，而是在书中读自己，在书中发现自己，或检查自己。

罗曼·罗兰

当初漫留华表语，而今误我秦楼约。梦阑时，酒醒后，思量着。

王安石

每个生命都是非凡的。

Every life is extraordinary.

克里斯蒂安·波尔坦斯基

要让事情改变，先改变自己；要让事情变得更好，先让自己变得更好。

徐鹤宁

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on.

信仰是生命的意义，这种感觉使人不毁灭自己，而是继续活下去。

列夫·托尔斯泰

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people， and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park， listened carefully to me， and finally said， "That sounds like a really good idea， but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job." That logic made some sense to me， and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light， it really was a difficult choice， but ultimately， I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration， I took the less safe path to follow my passion， and I'm proud of that choice.

我当时在纽约一家金融公司工作，同事是一群非常聪明的人，我的老板也很有智慧，我很羡慕他。我告诉我的老板我想开办一家在网上卖书的公司。他带我在中央公园漫步良久，认真地听我讲完，最后说："听起来真是一个很好的主意，但是对那些目前没有谋到一份好工作的人来说，这个主意会更好。"这一逻辑对我而言颇有道理，他说服我在最终作出决定之前再考虑48小时。那样想来，这个决定确实很艰难，但是最终，我决定拼一次。我认为自己不会为尝试过后的失败而遗憾，倒是有所决定但完全不付诸行动会一直煎熬着我。在深思熟虑之后，我选择了那条不安全的道路，去追随我内心的热情。我为那个决定感到骄傲。