"A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

重要的不是你说什么，而是你做什么。

The future of coal lies not in its quantity but in how cleanly and efficiently we can use it.

心理过程进化是为了解决实际问题。

生命中最伟大的荣耀不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后都能爬起来。

谦虚是美德，但过于谦虚的人心怀诡诈；缄默是好的行为，但过于沉默的人则胸藏奸伪。

The novel is an art form that is always in crisis, always on the verge of disappearing, and that's what keeps it alive.