【释义】：慷慨但不浪费，节俭却不吝啬。  

他让自己被一种信念所左右，即人类并非在母亲生下他们的那一天就一劳永逸地诞生了，而是生活迫使他们一次又一次地重生自己。

最终，我们只会后悔没有抓住的机会。

I wanted to build something that was my own, something I could point to and say, I made that. It was the only way I saw to make life meaningful.

小说是一面反映社会复杂性的镜子，而小说家则是打磨这面镜子的人。