"Stories are the way we connect with each other across time and space."

译文：做事顺乎义理，就容易见效，行动违背时势，就难以成功。赏析：我们做任何事都要顺应时势、把握事物发展的规律。违背天道，逆天而为，都是不可取的。

The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.

I am not a functionalist.

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.