For me they normally happen, these career crises, often, actually, on a Sunday evening, just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow.

我不相信灵感，我相信工作。

化学的艺术在于分离、提纯和结合物质的能力。

气味受体和嗅觉系统的组织结构的发现为神经科学和生物学的研究开辟了新的途径。

品味只是一种势利的表现。

书是一面镜子：如果一只猿猴往里看，不太可能看出使徒的模样。

The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.

推理小说的魅力在于，它们不仅仅是解谜，更是对人性的探索。