The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

永远不要低估农民的直觉——它建立在经验之上。

"Writing is a way to make sense of the world and our place in it."

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

有时候你只需要振作起来，继续前进。

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees would face a future with even less hope.

In science, the most important quality is intellectual honesty.

智者虽然很善于谋划，但是不如能抓住时机。

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.