You were born to be real, not perfect.

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the human condition.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

人类一向有这个独特之处：它保留了两套法则——一套私下的，一套真正的；一套公开的，一套矫揉造作的。