The function of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

树木有根则繁茂，根腐则树枯萎；鱼有水才能活，水干涸了鱼则必死；灯有油才光亮，油尽则灯灭。人有真精神，保护则长寿，戕害则必死。

每一部小说都是举向社会的一面镜子，映照出它的美与缺陷。

"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."

【译文】 孔子说：“父母在世时，不要走远，必须远走时，一定要留下准确的地址。”