不要去寻找决定性时刻，因为它们永远不会到来。决定你的时刻已经发生，也会再次发生。

记忆是件奇怪的事。它的运作方式和我以为的不同。我们不是在回忆，而是在重写记忆，就像历史被重写一样。回忆就是重塑，就是重新想象。

The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader.

未来最成功的社会将是那些能够将市场的效率和技术活力与国家提供的社会安全网和政治稳定结合起来的社会。

我们越意识到面对宇宙力量时的渺小和无能，人类的成就就越令人惊叹。