生命越延续，身边质疑你叙事的人就越少，提醒你生活并非如你所讲，而是如你所记的人也更少。

我活得越久就越发现我从不出错，而我谦卑地花费精力验证自己想法的所有痛苦只是浪费时间。

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does—that's what makes you a champion."

最大的风险就是不冒任何风险。

"Every book is a conversation between the author and the reader."

心理学家必须避免一切目的论的解释。

使我们无法自由和高尚地活着的最主要原因是对财富的迷恋。

小说是一种总体化的形式；它试图涵盖人类的全部经验。

保存就是转变。