小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么？因为它是如此无法达到绝对。

理论物理学的美丽在于它能够用几个简单的方程描述宇宙，揭示出表面复杂性之下的基础简单性。

"I'm not perfect, but I'm trying every day to concentrate on being better."

The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.

我不在乎是否合群。