It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be intelligent.
像我们这样的人,通过努力做到始终不笨,而不是努力变得聪明,获得了多少长期优势,这一点很了不起。
在小说中,真相往往比事实更可信。
巫术并非源于对普遍力量的抽象概念,也不是错觉的结果;它是一种源于人类需求的制度。
Who drives me forward like fate?The Myself striding on my back。
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.