"If you think you’re going to crash, step on the pedal harder."

I don’t know how to feel about it, but I’m trying to be happy.

We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day， and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years. A long game will compound small gains to overcome even big mistakes.

"The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people."

The charm of mystery novels lies in the fact that they are not just about solving puzzles, but also about exploring human nature.

History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history.