我认为孩子们天生好奇，对新想法持开放态度，这是我在书中试图捕捉的东西。

The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it belongs to the reader as much as to the writer.

Screw it, let's do it.

It's the rewards we want. It's a new way of looking at luxury goods. The next time you see somebody driving a Ferrari, don't think, "This is somebody who's greedy." Think, "This is somebody who is incredibly vulnerable and in need of love." Feel sympathy, rather than contempt.

I'm the reason your silence won't break.

朗兰兹纲领不是一组静态的猜想，而是一个动态的研究领域。

The quality of an organization's resilience determines the quality of its recovery.

那时我太老了，现在反而年轻了。

To create is to breathe life into the lifeless, to give form to the formless.