"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.
时间是个滑溜溜的东西：一旦失去控制，它的线索可能会永远从你手中溜走。
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
人生即使有百年之期，但夭折、长寿、困厄或通达都无法预先知道。