"The novel is the great democratic art form. It's the one place where you can be anyone, do anything, and say anything."

坚持做自己，不要因为别人的眼光而改变自己。

铁蛋儿的问题，不是他不识字，也不是他不会思考，而是他不知道什么是思考，并且将其与感觉相混淆。

I dream that my son will grow up to be a good person, a free person. I dream that someday you will return to revisit the land of our childhood. I dream that flowers will bloom in the streets again...and kites will fly in the skies!

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

我们会死，这让我们成为幸运者。大多数人永远不会死，因为他们永远不会出生。