The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

"The past is a shadow that follows us, but it does not have to define us."

文学是唯一能让真相在众目睽睽之下隐藏的地方。