"Writing is a way of making the world more bearable."
写作是让世界变得更可忍受的一种方式。
History is, above all else, the creation and recording of that heritage; progress is its increasing abundance, preservation, transmission, and use.
Science is simply common sense at its best—that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
童话故事比真实更真实：不是因为它们告诉我们龙存在，而是因为它们告诉我们龙是可以被打败的。
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.