Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;never throw out anyone.
在科学中最令人兴奋的、预示着新发现的短语不是“我找到了！”，而是“这有点奇怪……”
"Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?"