一致性将优秀的烘焙师与伟大的烘焙师区分开来。

胜利会带来仇恨，被击败者生活在痛苦之中。和平的人放弃胜败。

写作的行为是一种勇气的行为，是对生命短暂本质的挑战。

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.