Flourishing rests on five pillars: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.

我认为在任何结束的关系中都要有一个了结，无论是恋爱关系还是友谊。

The novel is not a mirror of society, but a window into the human heart.

它还会告诉你做到这一点是多么容易。只需购买整个股票市场。然后，一旦你买了股票，就离开赌场，留在外面。只要永远持有市场投资组合。这就是指数基金所做的。这种投资理念不仅简单而优雅。它所依据的算术是无可辩驳的。但要遵循它的纪律并不容易。

"The past is always tense, the future perfect."

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.