"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

作为科学家，我们有责任以易于理解和接受的方式向公众传达我们的发现。

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

"The task of the novelist is to awaken the reader's sympathy, to make the reader care."

Rule of 7 in research. You can find out anything if you are willing to go seven levels. If the first source you ask doesn’t know， ask them who you should ask next， and so on down the line. If you are willing to go to the 7th source， you’ll almost always get your answer.

"A writer's greatest challenge is to remain honest to the story and to the characters."

The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system.