I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

The main task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.

如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。

幸福的秘密不在于追求更多，而在于培养享受更少的能力。

死者离我们从不遥远。他们在我们心中，在我们脑海里，最终将我们与他们分隔开的不过是一口气息，最后一缕空气。

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

The feminist movement has led women to believe that they can have it all—career, family, and personal fulfillment. But the reality is that something has to give.