生活不是等待暴风雨过去，而是要学会在雨中起舞。

世界充满了符号，作家的职责就是解读它们。

The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.