She's simply too strange. We can't relate to her, she speaks in a funny way, she comes from an odd place. So we can't relate to her, and when you can't relate to somebody, you don't envy them. The closer two people are -- in age, in background, in the process of identification -- the more there's a danger of envy, which is incidentally why none of you should ever go to a school reunion, because there is no stronger reference point than people one was at school with.

The novel is the great art form of the inner life.

Success often favors those who continually learn and adapt to change.

皮革行业必须进化，否则就有被淘汰的风险。我们的责任是在传统与进步之间找到平衡。

我只想在我所做的事情上做到最好。

赏析：形容人的身体如同枯木，心灵如同死灰，达到了一种超脱的境界，不再被外界的事物所干扰。

All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws.