Every hour, she thinks, someone forges the rings, someone carves the cradle, someone loses the war.

祈祷不是克服上帝的不情愿，而是抓住他的愿意。

生命不是一个段落，死亡也不是一个括号。

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

All mankind is in a perpetual and restless desire for power after power that ceaseth only in death.

"In the end, all stories are about love and loss, hope and despair, life and death."

Writing is rewriting—the magic happens in the edits.

我不是最幸运的人，但我是最努力的人。