It's hard to argue against cynics -- they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.
很难反驳愤世嫉俗者——他们总是比乐观主义者听起来更聪明，因为他们有那么多的证据支持自己。
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。
For me, as for most novelists, every genuine imaginative event begins down there, with the facts, with the specific, and not with the philosophical, the ideological, or the abstract.
对我来说，就像大多数小说家一样，每一个真正富有想象力的事件都是从那里开始的，从事实开始，从具体开始，而不是从哲学、意识形态或抽象开始。
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
在日常生活中，我们几乎没有意识到我们得到的比给予的多得多，只有怀着感恩之心，生活才会变得富有。