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.

小说是一种探索的形式，一种映射人类心灵未知领域的方式。

过去不是负担，而是基础。

如果我们想为子孙后代提供粮食，可持续农业是唯一的前进方向。

"Every child deserves to see themselves in a book."