她那时候还太年轻,不知道所有命运赠予的礼物,早已在暗中标好了价格。
She was still too young to know that life never gives anything for nothing, and that a price is always exacted for what fate bestows.
应对不自由世界的唯一方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
The old dreams were very good dreams; they didn't work out, but I'm glad I had them.
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.