The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

不懂装懂，这是最愚蠢之举；无事而自寻烦恼，这是命中福浅。

In other words, hold your horses when you're coming to judge people. You don't necessarily know what someone's truevalue is. That is an unknown part of them, and we shouldn't behave as though it is known. There is another source of solace and comfort for all this. When we think about failing in life, when we think about failure, one of the reasons why we fear failing is not just a loss of income, a loss of status. What we fear is the judgment and ridicule of others. And it exists.

The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel is the one bright book of life.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.