在你合适的年龄读到的故事永远不会完全离开你。你可能会忘记是谁写的或者故事叫什么名字。有时候你会忘记具体发生了什么，但如果一个故事触动了你，它会一直伴随着你，萦绕在你脑海中那些你很少去的地方。
"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."
生活中唯一真正的失败是不忠于自己所知道的最好的东西。
每一本书都是通往另一个世界的门，每一个读者都是旅行者。
毕竟，只有在退潮的时候，才能发现谁在裸泳。
一只眼睛不如两只眼睛看得明白，一只耳朵不如两只耳朵听得清楚。
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
欲望使人即使到了天堂也会坐立不安。
The only way to deal with life is to accept it as it is.
"The beauty of science is that it allows us to understand the world in a way that is both profound and practical."