书籍是我们与逝者沟通的方式。是我们从那些不再与我们同在的人那里学习教训的方式，人类以此为基础，取得进步，使知识逐渐积累，而不是一次又一次地重新学习。
"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."
意识到社会结构的概念并敏感地使用它，就是能够在各种环境中追踪这种联系。
我曾听说过这样一个说法：快乐就是拥有健康和短暂的记忆。我多么希望这是我发明的，因为说得太对了。
"A good programmer is not one who knows all the answers, but one who knows how to find them."
I have so much to prove to myself. I want to be better. I want to be smarter. I want to be more talented. I want to be more efficient. I want to be more creative.
小农户是全球粮食安全的支柱——他们值得投资和尊重。
The art of the novel is the art of being everywhere at once.
"Every role I take is a piece of me, and every character I play leaves a mark on my soul."
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.