轧棉机的发明是一系列无法预见的 circumstances 的结果。

The era of hardware-defined experiences is over; now it's software-defined.

Incomplete perfection is more profound than complete perfection.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

I'm not bossy, I just know what you should be doing.

我并非天生失明，12岁时才失去视力。所以我见过这个世界，知道事物的模样。当我歌唱爱与痛苦、欢乐与悲伤时，我知道自己在唱什么。

我写作是为了记住，为了保持那些否则会失去的东西。