A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

"Writing is a way to give voice to our hopes."

The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

【译文】人世间的好话全让书本给说尽了，天下的名山大半被寺庙所占据了。上山不怕伤害人的老虎，就怕人际关系中那些两面三刀的阴险小人。