我认为小说家的任务是让熟悉的事物变得陌生，让陌生的事物变得熟悉。
"I think the job of the novelist is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."
作家必须甘于失败。
The future of energy lies in the balance between traditional resources and renewable alternatives.
译文：做好事就会被人传遍百世，做坏事就会被人憎恶万年。赏析：人做好事自然就有美名被传颂，人做坏事自然就会受人谴责。人做好事不仅给自己积德，更是给子孙后代积福；人做坏事不仅玷污自己的名节，更会伤害到子孙后代。
The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner.