The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives, to experience a thousand emotions, all within the span of a single lifetime.

创新不是对每件事都说“是”，而是对除了最关键功能之外的一切说“不”。

As a kid， I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills， vaccinate cattle， and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon， especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club， a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every few summers， we'd join the caravan. We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car， and off we'd go， in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip， I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather was driving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips， and I hated the smell.

出自先秦《荀子·性恶》引古语。不知儿子的为人，看看他的朋友就清楚了；不知国君是否贤明，看看他左右的大臣是什么德行就知道了。