Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We don’t remember, we rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. To remember is to remake, to reimagine."

枕上读书，闲适最好；门前风景，雨中更佳

Everyone is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is.

作家的职责是成为他时代的见证人。