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

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

我做事情不是为了回应或争议，我只是在过自己的生活。

【译文】用心算计别人反而时时出错，退一步考虑事情路子就会很宽。

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

The future of mining lies in sustainability and technology.