I’d tell men and women in their mid-twenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt.
我会告诉二十多岁的人不要满足于一份工作、一个职业甚至一个事业。寻找一个使命。即使你不知道那意味着什么，也要寻找它。如果你在追随你的使命，疲劳会更容易忍受，失望会成为燃料，高潮会是你从未感受过的。
You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it.
我不喜欢被贴标签。
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
译文：柔肠早已寸断，泪水止不住地流。为了相思，我再次登上小红楼。明知心上人已被群山阻隔，却还是不由自主地频频倚靠栏杆，望向他离去的方向。
History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.