"Silence between people can be louder than words."

So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

Tennis is a brutal sport. There are no draws. If you lose, you’re out. You have to be ready to accept that.

如果要在正确和善良中做出选择，请选择善良。

在你合适的年龄读到的故事永远不会完全离开你。你可能会忘记是谁写的或者故事叫什么名字。有时候你会忘记具体发生了什么，但如果一个故事触动了你，它会一直伴随着你，萦绕在你脑海中那些你很少去的地方。

对认可的渴望，灵魂中的激情部分，是人格中最基本的人性部分。