It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

"Truth is not always the most comforting thing, but it is the most necessary."

阅读是一种祈祷的形式，一种引导的冥想，它短暂地让我们相信我们是另一个人。

"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine."

一些意志坚定的人在经受生离死别考验时表现出令人羡慕的顺从与刚毅。