这些故事不是自传性的，但它们以那种方式是个人的。我似乎只知道我学到的东西。可能有些是通过观察，但我感觉我确实知道的是个人的。
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.
I don't like defining myself. I just am.
因此，显而易见的是...
宁可让儿童一个字也不识，也不要使他为了学到这一些学问而把其他有用的东西都牺牲了。
The pain of hard work is temporary, but the regret of not trying lasts forever.
You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.