书籍是我们与逝者沟通的方式。是我们从那些不再与我们同在的人那里学习教训的方式，人类以此为基础，取得进步，使知识逐渐积累，而不是一次又一次地重新学习。
"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
记忆是一件复杂的事情，是真相的亲戚，但不是它的双胞胎。
过分宠爱会使人变得傲慢，过多的恩惠反而可能引起怨恨！这平衡之道，太微妙了！并且给予恩惠要适度，以免适得其反！
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.