过去是唯一闻起来香甜的已逝之物。

The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.

In the end, the value of a theory is not in its complexity, but in its ability to explain and predict.

The work is always in conversation with other works.

"The best films are the ones that make you think, that challenge you, that stay with you long after you've left the cinema."

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.

同有修养的人交谈，胜过闷头读十年书。

你不喜欢过新年吗？你能够重新开始，每人都有新的机会。

挑战是伪装的机遇，拥抱它们并变得更强大。

历史不仅仅是关于过去；它是关于过去如何塑造现在。

文学的力量在于它能够使不可见的东西变得可见。