作家是一个总是试图捕捉生活本质、人类状况本质、世界本质的人。
"The writer is a man who is always trying to capture the essence of life, the essence of the human condition, the essence of the world."
可持续性不是一种选择，而是必须——如果我们想在养活不断增长的人口的同时不破坏地球的话。
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.