The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

The function of the artist is to make people aware of what they already know but don't realize they know.

要使婚姻长久，就需克服自我中心意识。

We are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

真正的忠诚不是盲目的；它看到缺陷，但选择留下。

我们的认知偏差不仅仅是判断上的错误；它们是窥视人类大脑进化适应的窗口。