San Mao once said that her personal philosophy was, "Don't seek depth, just seek simplicity," and that idea shows through in her books. Readers get caught up in the emotional world the author has created--whether or not what they encounter is "deep" is not as important.
三毛曾表示她的人生觀是「不求深刻，只求簡單」，而這個觀點體現在書寫上，讀者很容易就被作者所營造的「氣氛」所感染，沿途所聞所思是否深刻是其次，反倒文字與腳步一樣「點到為止」，閱讀的餘韻才能無窮。