【译文】 孔子说：“树立崇高理想、培养高尚品德、心怀仁慈友爱、陶冶高雅情操。”

【译文】凡是事物都有本和末，本末是一体的，不可以把本末分开为两段。

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

The future competition is about talent; whoever has top talent holds the initiative.

And when you do I want you to know this， remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you’re down there in the hole， it looks like failure. So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.

"Books are the mirrors of the soul."

我希望读者能感受到一些令人惊讶的东西。不是“发生了什么”，而是所有事情发生的方式。这些长篇短篇小说对我来说是最好的。