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.

绘画是思想的沉默和视觉的音乐。

释义：事情已经到了非常急迫的地步，需要立即采取行动来应对，而顾不上其他长远或次要的事情。比喻事情急迫，先行救急。

"The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil."

你能给予他人的最伟大的礼物就是你的时间，因为你正在给予他们你生命中永远不会再回来的一部分。

现代密码学的挑战不仅在于保护信息，而且在于以一种既高效又可扩展的方式来实现。

世界的其余部分安静得仿佛不存在。在那一刻，经过漫长的十年，Celaena看着Chaol，意识到她回家了。

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.