我一直觉得奇怪……我们钦佩的那些品质，如善良、慷慨、开放、诚实、理解和同情，在我们的体系中往往是失败的伴随物。而我们厌恶的那些特质，如精明、贪婪、占有欲、卑鄙、自负和自私，却是成功的特质。虽然人们钦佩前者的品质，但他们却喜欢后者的产物。

"Writing is a way to leave a piece of yourself behind."

"Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence."

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.

沉默在音乐中非常重要。