Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity， and sets us at noting and contriving.
冲突是思想的牛蝇。它激发我们观察和记忆。它激励创新。它将我们从羊群般的被动性中惊醒，并让我们留心观察和设计。
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
追求知识是一段没有终点的旅程，每一个发现都是踏入未知的一步。
The novel is a machine for generating meaning.
你们会选择安逸的生活，还是选择一个奉献与冒险的人生？
故事的力量在于它能够激发勇气。
心智倾向于将物体感知为组织良好的模式，而不是单独的组成部分。
You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take. That's it.
表演不是关于成为不同的人。它是在明显不同的事物中找到相似之处，然后在那里找到自己。