2009年：贝索斯致股东信《执着于用户体验》

译文：厚重的钱财和甜美的语言，是人应当畏惧警惕的东西。

The story is a machine to think with.

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

The novel is a form of exploration, a way of mapping the unknown territories of the human heart.

I want to liberate America from fear. I want people to be afraid of the things that are really scary, like war and famine, not their neighbor because he has a different religion.

我不是和平，我是战争。