译文：我衰老得太厉害了!感慨平生交游的朋友渐渐零落，如今还剩下几个?白发空自垂下三千丈，对人间万事只能付之一笑。试问什么事物能让我真正欢喜?

文学是将痛苦转化为美的艺术。

The ocean doesn’t belong to us—we belong to it, and we must act accordingly.

"The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter."

Leadership is about making the tough decisions and standing by them.

在某种程度上独立于男性之前，期待女性有美德是徒劳的。

写作就是呼吸，而呼吸就是生活。

L'absence est à l'amour ce qu'est au feu le vent; il éteint le petit, il allume le grand.

We are all of us made by what we have lost as much as by what we have gained.