The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

战胜死亡的唯一方法是通过故事。

只要完全消除对尘世的眷恋之情，那么心灵之镜就会明亮澄彻，所以从外部关注自己的影像，不如从内部进行自我省察，驱除庸俗的念头；只要看破红尘，打消对如梦幻泡影一样的世事的执著之念，那么自身天性就会像明珠一样晶莹剔透，熠熠生辉，要做世间少有的通达超脱之人，最关键的还是要保护好自家内心的那一份纯真。

Don't you just love New Year's? You can start all over. Everybody gets a second chance.

The writer must be a perpetual outsider, a critic of all orthodoxies.

成功的关键在于不断学习和适应。