作家的忠诚必须献给文学，而不是意识形态。

Abstraction is the key to managing complexity in software systems.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

我宁愿选择自由伴随着危险，也不要安宁却伴随着奴役。

The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them — preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.