最终，我们都在试图找到一种与自己阴影共存的方式。

The truth is, I don't know where my ideas come from. What I do know is that they come when I'm not trying to think of them.

事物是甜还是苦，尝试过的人才能辨别；道路有平坦与险阻，走过的人才知道。

当你听取不同的观点时，尤其是那些与你意见相左的人时，才能做出最好的决定。

Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

成功数据库系统的关键在于其能够随着用户需求的变化而发展。