The novel is an art form that is always in crisis, always on the verge of disappearing, and that's what keeps it alive.
小说是一种永远处于危机中、濒临消失边缘的艺术形式,而这正是它保持生命力的原因。
Every cell in your body carries a story billions of years old.
"Writing is like breathing for me. I have to do it to live."
The ability to associate depends, in turn, on the degree to which communities share norms and values and are able to subordinate individual interests to those of larger groups.
You have to grind when no one else is grinding so you can shine when no one else is shining.
我们把男人当成神,他们却离我们而去;有些把男人当成畜生,他们反倒摇尾乞悯,而且忠心耿耿。
Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.Discharge your duties faithfully and well.Systematically you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts...At the end of the day if you live long enough most people get what they deserve.
If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.