At a restaurant do you order what you know is great， or do you try something new？ Do you make what you know will sell or try something new？ Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met？ The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive， but aim for 1/3.

书中最重要的是故事。插图是为了支持和增强故事，而不是掩盖它。

写作是倾听世界低语的艺术。

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

我总是等机会错过了才发现我曾有过机会。

我接受混沌的世界，但我不晓得它是否接受我。

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction， and in either case， he is justly accountable to them for the injury.