从火鸡的角度看，第1001天没有喂食是黑天鹅事件，从屠宰者的角度看却不是，因为这不是意料之外的。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

在那样的年纪，我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了，但是广告大意是说，每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命，大概是两分钟。无论如何，我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟，每支香烟要吸几口等等，然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着，我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头，又拍了拍她的肩膀，然后骄傲地宣称，"每天吸两分钟的烟，你就少活九年！"

杰夫·贝索斯

Consciousness is a process, not a substance.

意识是一个过程，而非物质。

爱德华·铁钦纳

作为纷繁复杂的社会的一员，人的性格绝对不可能是单一的。所以，既没有绝对的好人，也没有全然的坏人。人只能是个多面体，人的性格也只能是多种性格特点的总和。

玛格丽特·米切尔

天才就是长期劳动的结果。

哥白尼

经济如果不能独立，则啥子都不用谈，衣食住行全靠他人施舍，却口口声声不愿做附属品，哀莫大焉。

亦舒

黑雨滴一样的鸟群，从黄昏飞入黑夜。黑夜一无所有，为何给我安慰。

海子