小说是一面反映社会的镜子，包括所有的光明和阴影。

我们必须将经济增长与环境退化脱钩。

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

略知一点哲学可能使人倾向于无神论，但深刻的哲学可能使人回归到宗教。

"La memoria es el territorio donde habitan los fantasmas de nuestra identidad."

要成为艺术家，你必须放弃一切，包括成为好艺术家的欲望。

未来的竞争不是产品的竞争，而是商业模式的竞争。