The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.

写作的行为是一种抵抗遗忘的行为。

The greatest reward in our work is knowing we’ve made a difference.

"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success."

谈《罗生门》

In my solitude of heart I feel the sigh of this widowed evening veiled with mist and rain.