每个城市都有性别和年龄，这与人口统计无关。

生活是一系列的时刻，每一个都是一个等待被讲述的故事。

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

追求完美是优秀的敌人。

And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you have done with your talent and your energy. I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities…on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity.

每本小说的第一句话应该是：“相信我，这需要时间，但这里有秩序，非常微弱，非常人性化。”

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.