"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."

I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies， but not the madness of people.

释义：人依赖衣食，就像鱼依赖水；国家依赖人民，就像人依赖双脚。鱼没水活不了，人没脚则寸步难行。