小说是一种探索的形式，一种理解世界和我们在其中位置的方式。

What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift， kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful， and if you do， it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.

文学不会改变世界，但可以改变那些将改变世界的人。

Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise—if you’re willing to look for it.

I would go 0-30 before I would go 0-9. 0-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game.

I think it's rarely about what you actually learn in class. It's mostly about the way that you look at things.

言行应当一致，正直是信仰的最佳表达。

书籍是镜子，但它们也是窗户。