A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.

平凡与非凡的区别在于那一点额外的努力。

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

作家的挑战是在特殊中找到普遍。