"History is not the story of strangers, aliens from another realm; it is the story of us had we been born a little earlier."

我坚持我所相信的，我不害怕说不。

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.

每个基因组都是独特的历史文献。

自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内，成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉，许多其他动物在逃命，因恐惧而呜咽，其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬，成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。