每个人都有不为世人所知的秘密悲伤；很多时候，我们称一个人冷漠，而他只是悲伤。
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."
贫穷并不是一种高贵的经历，它带来恐惧、压力、有时还有绝望，它意味着许许多多的羞辱和艰辛。靠自己的努力摆脱贫穷，确实可以引以自豪，但贫穷本身只有对傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。
写作的行为是一种抵抗，一种重新夺回我们的声音和故事的方式。
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
But the old man thought only of his steering and his great tiredness. He had gone out too far and the sharks had beaten him. He knew they would leave him nothing but the stripped skeleton of his great catch.
你无法吵赢一个理性能力不在同一层面的人。