The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

我不理会学科的地域界限，我只是抓住我所能抓住的所有大思想。

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

"Writing is a way to understand the world, to make sense of the chaos around us."

图书馆里充满了思想——也许是最危险和最强大的武器。