我年青时以为金钱至上，而今年事已迈，发现果真如此。

文学是一种反抗，是对不公的反抗。

Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.

历史就是现在。这就是为什么每一代人都要重新书写它。但大多数人认为的历史是其最终产物——神话。

"Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another."

创新不是对每件事都说“是”，而是对所有非关键特性说“不”。