"Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher."

每个人的生命都是上帝手指写下的童话。

"The beauty of literature lies in its ability to transcend time and space."

"Silence can be more powerful than words."

如果没有机械的帮助，一天的劳动不足以生产一磅棉花。

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

True scientific progress requires both creativity and discipline.