I write to make sense of the world around me.

我一直相信我能击败最好的，实现最好的。我总是看到自己处于顶端。

The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

当我们保护海洋生态系统时，我们最终是在保护人类的生计。

做出伟大工作的唯一途径就是热爱你所做的事情。

译文：用钱财交朋友，钱财用完了交情就会断绝；贪美色面结合，到年老色衰时爱情就会消失。

想要平息海上的倭寇之患，先要消除人们心中的积弊。