To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

The most important skill for an empirical researcher is not math, but judgment.

可持续性不仅仅是一个流行词；它是一个商业的必要条件。

Genetics is the archaeology of the living.

To live is to be constantly surprised by humanity.