By all means begin your folio; even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
无论如何,开始你的鸿篇巨著吧;即使医生认为你活不过一年,甚至对一个月也没有把握,也要勇敢一搏,看看一周之内能完成些什么。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers · Æs Triplex —