Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

文学的唯一明智目的是，首先是写作的愉快劳动；其次是家人和朋友的满足；最后是实实在在的金钱。

我是一个美国黑人，我为我的种族感到骄傲。我为自己是谁感到骄傲。我有许多自豪和尊严。

人们有时为了得到自己想要的东西，会变得残酷。

To understand consciousness, study its role in survival.