字与字之间的沉默和字本身一样重要；那是未言之处的所在。

作为研究者最重要的资质是好奇心和忍耐力。

作家的任务是使不可见的变得可见。

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

挑战在于让不可能的事物看起来可信。