真相是，我们都是野蛮人。
The truth is, we are all barbarians.
The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.
1997年：贝索斯致股东信《吸引符合你价值观的股东》
我遇到的那些让我钦佩的人，无一例外都比我读的书多。
I’m interested in the real, not in the image of the real.
艺术是光进入的伤口。