We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

最重要的事情是扰乱舒适的人，安慰被扰乱的人。

The only way to be truly contemporary is to be untimely.

文学的价值不在于它的流行程度，而在于它能否触动读者的内心。

"You do not just wake up and become the butterfly—growth is a process."

"To write is to embark on a journey without a map, discovering new worlds within and without."

解释：砍伐树木不把树根砍掉，必能重新生长；堵塞水不把源头堵住，必会重新流出；消除祸患不铲除产生祸患的根基，祸患还会再生。