we can go back to the cave if you like.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

世界是由文字构成的，如果你知道构成世界的文字，你就可以随心所欲地塑造它。

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.