"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

如果你问一个经济学家，什么驱动着经济增长，他定会提出一些慎重的意见作为答复——农业机械化、大规模生产，诸如此类。但问题是，我们的社会组织不是靠这些事情建立起来的。

最终，我们都只是故事，被讲述和重述，直到它们变成神话。

无论发生什么，都要忠于自己。

"There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights."

唯一能让你成为英雄的是你的心。

"Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."

在深冬里，我终于明白，在我内心深处有一个不可战胜的夏天。