A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers.

我唯一害怕的是上帝。

把人分为好坏很荒谬。人要么有魅力，要么就无趣。

"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."

最好的建筑是那种消失的建筑，成为生活的一部分。

是人创造了宗教，而非宗教创造了人。

"To understand is to perceive patterns."