传记作者的挑战在于既要成为侦探，又要成为诗人。

光是让建筑鲜活的东西。

A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

The only thing more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose is a man with everything to gain.

The design of a system should be guided by the principle of least surprise, where the behavior of components is intuitive and predictable.

The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.

如果你只做那些你事先知道答案的事情，你的公司就会消失。