淌自己的汗，吃自己的饭，自己的事情自己干；靠天、靠地、靠父母，不算是好汉。人只有靠自己的力量，才能得以生存，不依靠自己，就将无法生存。

Literature should be a thorn in the side of society

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being — not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money — but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.