The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence called grit.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

死亡的念头会把我们推向对我们而言最重要的事情，这种念头会赋予我们勇气，促使我们追求内心所重视的生活方式。《机场里的小旅行》

晏子春秋

表达主角明知危险仍坚持探索未知的使命感。

"The human mind is a set of information-processing machines that were designed by natural selection to solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors."