The past is always tense, the future perfect.

人并非生来就是自己。人出生时背负着一大堆期望，一大堆别人的想法。

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

Every sensation we feel is the result of intricate molecular mechanisms.

The novel is an artifact that, like a bomb, can explode in the reader's consciousness.