The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion."

如果船长的最高目标是保住他的船，那他会永远把它停在港口。

The pursuit of knowledge is a journey without a final destination.