The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition， when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security， is so powerful a principle that it is alone， and without any assistance， not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
每个个体改善自身状况的自然努力，当在自由和安全的情况下得以发挥时，是如此强大，以至于它不仅能够独自，不受任何协助，推动社会走向富裕和繁荣，而且能够克服往往由愚蠢的人类法律造成的百般妨碍。
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
写作是理解混乱的一种方式。
写作就像在大理石上雕刻：每个词都必须精确且不可复制。
Follow your heart, and use it to lead your life. Anything else is secondary.
I don't want to be a pop star, I want to be a legend.
"Writing is a way to make sense of the world and our place in it."