Writing is a way of making sense of the world, and of making sense of ourselves.

我相信建筑是一门实用艺术。要成为艺术，它必须建立在必要性的基础上。

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Morality is simply the attitude we adaptto people whom we personally dislike.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.