心有自己的记忆，而这种记忆并不总是与大脑商量。

我不追逐纪录，我追求卓越。

所谓智慧，就是拥有的问题比答案多。

在美国做一个黑人就是处于一种持续的愤怒状态。

写作是对抗死亡的唯一方式。

我敬佩简单的快乐，那是复杂性最后避难所。

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.