2012年：贝索斯致股东信《长远思考才能做到不可能的事情》

你无法控制谁爱你，但你可以控制你爱谁。

The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

A city is not a collection of machines but a container of life.

饥饿了就想吃饭，寒冷了就想温暖，疲劳了就想休息，爱好利益而厌恶祸害，这是人生下来就具有的本性。

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

艺术不应该仅仅是奢侈品。

你的时间有限，所以不要浪费在过别人的生活上。