"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."
人，与宇宙中任何其他有机或无机的事物不同，超越了他的工作，走上他概念的阶梯，超越了他的成就。
"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."
学习的每一个方面或智能的任何其他特征都可以原则上被精确描述，以至于可以制造一台机器来模拟它。
哲学在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是避难所，在年老时是供应品。
We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves.
The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it requires only a reader.