The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

The past is a shadow that follows us, but it doesn't have to define us.

儿童的进步不是取决于年龄，而是取决于能够自由地观看他周围的一切。

不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。

真正的领导力在于今天做出艰难的决定，这些决定将使后代受益。