我曾听说过这样一个说法：快乐就是拥有健康和短暂的记忆。我多么希望这是我发明的，因为说得太对了。
作家必须是人性的间谍。
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.
如果你能巧妙地走多学科道路，你将永远不会希望回到过去。这就像砍掉自己的双手。
Be kind to yourself, you’re doing your best.
Life is too short to live it twice, but literature gives us the chance to live thousands of times.