在孩子身上获得最好的收获，请只花你预算的一半的钱，但花双倍的时间陪伴他们。

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

小说的艺术在于让读者忘记作家的存在。

动物和人类的区别在于人类能够推理,但即便如此也是不可靠的。

O poder das palavras está na sua capacidade de criar mundos inteiros.

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.