The story is not in the plot; the plot is the net you throw over the story to catch it.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

Culture does not decline by being repressed； it declines by being trivialized.

Love is the only thing that grows when you give it away.

The ocean’s limits are not negotiable; our practices must adapt.

和那些叫喊饥饿的人相比，那么吃饱了自然就快乐；和呼叫寒冷的人相比，那么得到温暖自然就快乐；和患病者相比，那么健康就会快乐；和祸患者相比，那么平安就快乐；和死去的人相比，活着就会快乐。

Main Street is almost all right.

我不害怕崩溃，因为我知道我总能重新振作。