The greatest gift you can give someone is your time and attention.

"The power of a film is in its silence, not just its dialogue."

"I can resist everything except temptation."

Writing is about making sentences. It is about the rhythm of the sentence, the music of the sentence.

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.

伟大的本质在于认识到美德就足够了。

A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way.