When people talk to us about others, they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves, they are nearly always interesting.

过去是一个陌生的国度；那里的人们做事方式不同。

生命太短暂，不能活在别人的梦想里。

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

晏子春秋

唯一能让你成功的是努力工作。

The novel is an artifact that, like a bomb, can explode in the reader's consciousness.

Resilience is not a trait that people either have or do not have. It involves behaviors, thoughts and actions that can be learned and developed in anyone.