The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

"The task of the writer is to make the invisible visible."

虽然在一切的成长物中，爱情看上去是最快的，究其实却最迟缓。男男女女没有一个人晓得什么是十全十潜的爱，除非一直到他们结婚了二十五年之后。

文学的美在于它让我们在一生中活出一千种生活。

好的结局是幸福的，坏的结局是不幸的。这就是小说的意义。

The only thing worse than being alone is being with the wrong person.