The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

Ask anyone you admire: Their lucky breaks happened on a detour from their main goal. So embrace detours. Life is not a straight line for anyone.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

"The act of reading is an act of empathy. You are stepping into someone else's shoes, seeing the world through their eyes."

不要说不会消魂，西风卷起帘子，人比黄花还要消瘦。