"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.

To write is to fight against silence and forgetting.

I don’t chase success, I chase excellence.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

The most perfect education, in my opinion, is such an exercise of the understanding as is best calculated to strengthen the body and form the heart.

这是《鬼吹灯》系列的核心概念，意指在古墓中点燃蜡烛以判断是否有鬼魂存在。