The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel is the one bright book of life.

孩子最初爱他们父母，等大一些他们评判父母；然后有些时候，他们原谅父母。

环境就是除我之外的一切。

In the old world， you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world， that inverts.

重要的东西用眼睛是看不到的……就好比花一样。假如你喜欢某个行星上的一朵花，在夜晚仰望星空的时候心情就会很愉快，感觉所有的行星都开满了花。

最可怕的时刻总是在你开始之前。