The fundamental job of a kid is to be selfish—to pursue their own needs and desires—and the fundamental job of a parent is to be selfless.
Every landscape is a state of mind.
讓我能夠做出人生重大抉擇的最主要辦法是，記住生命隨時(shí)都有可能結(jié)束。因?yàn)閹缀跛械臇|西——所有對(duì)自身之外的希求、所有的尊嚴(yán)、所有對(duì)困窘和失敗的恐懼——在死亡來(lái)臨時(shí)都將不復(fù)存在，只剩下真正重要的東西。記住自己隨時(shí)都會(huì)死去，這是我所知道的防止患得患失的最好方法。你已經(jīng)一無(wú)所有了，還有什么理由不跟著自己的感覺(jué)走呢。
A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.