问题是，如果你打从心里相信，那些在社会顶层的人都是精英，同时你也暗示着，以一种残忍的方法，相信那些在社会底层的人，天生就该在社会底层，换句话说，你在社会的地位不是偶然，而都是你配得的，这种想法让失败变得更残忍。
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.
我努力讲述既普遍又非常个人化的故事。
Magic, like any other power, is neither good nor evil in itself. It is the purpose to which it is put that determines its nature.
写作的行为是一种勇气的行为，是与自我的对抗。
"Las historias nos salvan de la indiferencia del mundo."
A statement is a means to convey information， a promise is a means to make a commitment.