I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

One strategy: "We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years， and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient."

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

在上海法租界莫利爱路二十九号住宅与李宗黄谈话，1918年7月

成为作家就是要承认我们内心携带的秘密伤口，那些永远不会愈合的伤口，它们定义了我们是谁。