选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·申韩》。曲木，弯曲的木头。恶，厌恶、怕。绳，木匠用以裁曲取直的墨绳。奸邪，奸邪之人。正法，公正无私的法律。这句话以曲木畏直绳作类比，说明公正无私之法对奸邪之人的威慑作用。

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

廉价海鲜的真正代价由海洋承担。

做伟大工作的唯一途径就是热爱你所做的事。

大脑有专门的网络来维持警觉性、定向感觉事件和解决反应之间的冲突。