失败使我的内心产生一种安全感，这是我从考试中没有得到过的。失败让我看清自己，这也是我通过其他方式无法体会的。我发现，我比自己认为的，要有更强的意志和决心。我还发现，我拥有比宝石更加珍贵的朋友。
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.
释义：有才华的人必须要勤于修养，懂得收敛，就好比未经提炼的金玉，虽看起来灰暗无光泽，但日久便会焕发光彩。
那些能够忍受命运最糟糕打击的人，往往是最坚强的人。
预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。
"A writer must be both a dreamer and a realist."