小说是一种探索的形式，一种提出没有答案的问题的方式。
"The novel is a form of exploration, a way of asking questions that don't have answers."
To write a life is to assemble a mosaic where some pieces are inevitably missing.
"A library is a place where the past meets the present and the future."
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race； posterity as well as the existing generation； those who dissent from the opinion， still more than those who hold it.
梦魇是相信恐吓人们是刺激他们发奋的最好办法，或是环境越残酷，就会有越多人接受挑战。你必须想，你的理想父亲是怎样的？你的理想父亲往往是严厉又温和的，虽然这界限很难画定，我们社会需要的模范性人物是像一个理想父亲，不要走极端，不要完全集权、纯粹纪律，也不要模糊马虎，乱无规章。
我不相信占星术；我是射手座，我们持怀疑态度。
Innovation is not just about technology; it's about people and how they use it to create value.
The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.