"To understand madness, one must first speak its language."

人要一赌上气，就忘记了事情的初衷；只想能气着别人，忘记也耽误了自己。

童年是我们都曾访问过但不太记得的异国他乡。

我们想要一个人民可以自由的选择、犯错、持有宽容及同情心的社会。这就是我们所谓的道德社会；不是一个国家要负所有责任，而没有人须要为国家负责的社会。

我们之所以能够区分远处看到的模糊形状和颜色，是因为我们的眼睛的能力。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

生物学与技术的交汇处正是未来展开的地方。