作家的任务是让不可见之物可见。
给你找麻烦的不是那些你未知的东西，而是那些你确信无疑但事实上并不是那么回事的东西。
Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind.
In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.
在科学中最令人兴奋的短语，预示着新发现的不是“我找到了！”，而是“这有点奇怪……”
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.