作家是由他的主题选择的——他的主题是他所处时代的意识。

生活其实很简单，但我们坚持把它复杂化。

The goal of computation is the emulation of our synthetic abilities, not the understanding of our analytic ones.

即使在面临最严峻的挑战时，质量也绝不能妥协。

So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.