"The past is a burden we carry with us, shaping our present and future in ways we cannot always understand."

The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it requires only a reader.

家中的事情，尽可外传，就可了解君子的家法是如何的端正无瑕；亲近的人，都恭敬谨肃，就可了解君子对自身要求多么严格正派。

过去并未死去，它甚至还未过去。