"To be a novelist is to be interested in what other people aren't interested in."

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

The future belongs to those who can bridge the gap between silicon and soul.

——二个叔父孙学成、孙观成早年均因为贫穷必须远赴他乡做工谋生，在孙出生前后因病去世，孙看到清朝绩弱不振，受到外国强敌欺侮，增加自己从事反清革命的动机

Technology alone won’t save our oceans; it takes a commitment to ethics and ecology.

自然界无处可憎或卑劣，而是处处令人赞叹且无穷无尽。

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.