A writer must be a keen observer of the world and a deep thinker of the heart.

It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.

「人生就只活这么一次。」「错，我们一生只死一次，剩馀的每天都在生活。」