"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."

真正的韧性来自于为多种未来做准备，而不仅仅是预测一个未来。

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. 

The novel is the art form of the individual.

我们生来孤独，活着孤独，死去孤独。尽管有浪漫杂志的渲染，终有一天我们回顾一生，会发现尽管有人相伴，我们始终孤独。