I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

心意粗疏性情暴躁则一事无成；心平气和，许多好事会接连不断地集中。

现实不仅比我们假设的更奇怪，而且比我们能假设的更奇怪。

I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

几百万年以来，花儿都长着刺；几百万年以来，羊也在吃花。难道我想知道，花儿为什么憋足了劲长没用的刺，这不是正经的事吗？这不比红胖子的加法更正经，更重要吗？要是我认识的世界上的一朵独一无二的花，她哪也不去，就爱长在我的星球上，可是却在某天早晨，被小绵羊一不留神咬死了，难道这样的事也不重要吗？

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what’s sexy. And men define what’s feminine. It’s ridiculous.