The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
生活的目的是活着,而活着意味着意识到,快乐地、陶醉地、平静地、神圣地意识到。
Writing is about making sentences. It is about the rhythm of the sentence, the music of the sentence.
【译文】 孔子说:“陪君子说话要注意三种毛病:没到说的时候就说,叫做急躁;到该说的时候不说,叫做隐瞒;不顾对方的表情就说,叫做睁眼瞎。”
To create is to risk failure, but not to create is to guarantee it.
"When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas."
美貌、青春、财富、甚至爱情本身,都不能让深得上帝恩宠的人免于焦虑和痛苦,远离哀愁,也无法让他们避免失去自己最爱的东西。因为,一生中,有些雨必然得下,一些日子必然会黑暗、哀伤、凄凉。