"Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow."
我们误以为书能带来慰藉，其实它们只是加深了我们的悲伤。
2014年：贝索斯致股东信《投资那些具有无限上升空间的创意》
"A story is a form of telepathy."
The key ingredients of happiness could not be material or aesthetic, but must always stubbornly psychological.
"History is not the past—it is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past."
What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears.
人生最大的甜蜜是友谊。将其提升到最高享受的秘诀，只有少数人发现。
抓住丈夫是一门艺术；留住他是一项工作。
Safety must always come first, no matter the cost.