The power of literature lies in its ability to disturb, to question, to undermine what is taken for granted.

En la oscuridad, las palabras son la luz que nos guía.

I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.

儒家所谓，“纵心所欲不逾矩”，道家所谓，“无为”，佛家所谓，“清净虚空”，其实说的都是一个道理，就是精神上的自由自在的状态。达到这种境界，就消解了得与失、荣与辱的界限，一切的一切就如同“庭前花开花落”、“天上云卷云舒”一般自然而然，荣辱不惊，无忧无惧。

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.

词语之间的沉默有时比词语本身更能说明问题。

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He does not wish to sign His name.