小说是对现实界限的反叛。

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to think every evening what can be done better tomorrow.

The design of a system should be guided by the principle of least surprise, where the behavior of components is intuitive and predictable.

"The past is a country we can never return to, but whose borders we are always crossing."

在我过去49年的生命中，早逝的可能性一直存在。我不畏惧死亡，但我不想早早离去。我还有很多未竟之事。

Good policy requires both sound theory and empirical validation.