安全感就是能在小汽车的后座上睡觉。小时候，爸妈开车带你出门，到了晚上，你不知不觉在后座上睡着了……你啥都不用担心，爸妈就在前座上，他们负责忧虑一切……但是这样的时间很短暂，一不小心你就变成了那个坐在前面的成年人，而成年人永远失去了在后座睡觉的权利。
Some people are extraordinarily good at knowing the limits of their knowledge because they have to be.
The act of reading is an act of empathy, a way to step into someone else's shoes.
To live is to choose, and to choose is to renounce.
The secret of theory is that truth does not exist.
艺术史总是从某个地方书写的——问题在于你书写时所站的位置。
The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
2012年莫言诺贝尔文学奖演讲稿