战争是可怕的，但不是最可怕的事情；道德和爱国情感的衰败和堕落，认为没有什么值得战争，更糟糕。
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things； the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
生活是世界上最罕见的事情。大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。
"The power of a story is in its ability to connect us."
小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一面反映人类存在复杂性的镜子。
I don't think you ever get used to the insanity of fame.
The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.
写作就是抵抗历史的抹去。