"Words are the most powerful weapons; they can build empires or destroy them."
语言是最强大的武器；它们可以建立帝国，也可以摧毁帝国。
In the end, we are all just stories, and it is up to us to make our stories worth telling.
"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."
心理学是研究心理过程的科学。
小说是对人类经验最完整和最复杂的表达。
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
【大意】等到大寒节气到来时，冰霜寒雪从天而降，然后才能知道只有松柏能经得住严寒考验，依然繁茂。