如果牛、马和狮子有手并能像人一样用手绘画和创作艺术品，马会画出像马一样的神的形象，牛会画出像牛一样的神的形象，它们会根据每个物种自身拥有的形态来塑造神的身体。
If oxen and horses and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses, and oxen like oxen, and they would make their bodies in accordance with the form that each species itself possesses.
Every little thing you do is magic
"To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
沙漠教会人耐心，而耐心是优秀故事讲述的精髓。
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
2005年：贝索斯致股东信《尽管是数字在发挥作用，但决策因素还是“判断”》
逃脱历史重负的唯一方法就是书写它。
书籍是引导我们度过人生的地图。