期权的真正价值不在于其价格，而在于它为持有者提供的灵活性。

"Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?"

作家的生活是一种不断被打断的生活。

面对绝望时，唯一可以负责任地实践的哲学是试图从救赎的角度来思考一切事物。

解释：局势安定的国家，常常是富足的；局势 动乱的国家，常常是贫穷的。