译文：忍让一时就会风平浪静，退让一步就会海阔天空。赏析：我们要看透人间事，不必去和别人争输赢，较高下，该忍让时就认怂，该退步时就妥协。学会忍让和退步，其实也是一种生活智慧，也是一种生存之道。

Imagination is the key to understanding the world.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.