"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity—it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can."
死亡之所以紧紧跟随生命，不是因为生物学的必然性，而是因为嫉妒。生命如此美丽，以至于死亡爱上了它，这是一种嫉妒的、占有欲强烈的爱，它会抓住它能抓住的一切。
The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.
Persistence is more important than brilliance in scientific research.
科学不是民主。它是独裁。重要的不是人们相信什么，而是可以通过实验证明什么。
The function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production by exploiting an invention or, more generally, an untried technological possibility for producing a new commodity or producing an old one in a new way.
人们为了生存，会去杀害别人。