I do not like proper novels. In proper novels people say things like, ‘I am veined with iron, with silver and with streaks of common mud. I cannot contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus.’ What does this mean? I do not know. Nor does Father. Nor do the people who write these books.

I never give up. I never give in.

你不能给任何事情设限。梦想越多，走得越远。

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

世界是一个谜，我们都是侦探。

The past is always changing, because we are always changing our relationship to it.

老师声称代数是完美而自然的、我们应无条件地接受它，而我甚至不能理解什么是数。对我来说数学课完全就是恐怖和折磨。我完全不理解代数，这使我胆怯得不敢问任何问题。