Porcelain is the most alchemical of materials, turning earth into something that seems to hold light.

我不想谈论那些懒惰的人。我们彼此根本不懂对方。我不了解你，也不想去了解。

知识最大的敌人不是无知，而是知识的幻觉。

在心理学领域，暗示的力量可以改变感知甚至记忆，突显了人类思维的可塑性。

"We are all just passing through, leaving traces of ourselves behind like footprints in the snow."

作家的职责是讲述真相，即使它令人不适。

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

更好从来不是对每个人都更好……它总是对某些人来说更糟。