The sea was flat and calm, like a mirror reflecting the sky.

So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

道德不过是我们用来针对自己讨厌的人的态度。

写作的行为是一种抵抗的行为。