I have always been fascinated by the darker side of human nature.

译文：读书人一定要把圣贤的诗书作为安身立命的根本，为人处世要恪守孝悌，胸怀仁义。赏析：无数圣贤流传下来的思想，读书人应该去学习，因为它是我们做人的根本。古人就提出孝、悌、礼、仪、忠、信、廉、耻为待人处事的准则。

文学让我们在一生中活出千种人生。

解读：人生起点、境遇常非自主选择，既然无法更改出身等既定事实，那就积极应对，凭借自身努力在既有条件下创造精彩，发挥主观能动性。

"You got to put the past behind you before you can move on." And I think that's what my running was all about.

年轻人必须为履行生活所赋予他们的职责充实自己，同时要抵制生活的诱惑。

You can’t do anything if you’re not willing to take risks.

文字的力量不在于它们的意义，而在于它们唤起情感的能力。

A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.