Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

历史不仅仅是一系列事件，而是人类经验和情感的复杂网络。

I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

如果你不能理解某人为什么要做某事，那么看看他们行为的后果，不管他们可能是什么，然后从他们的后果中推断出动机。