The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

故事是作者写给自己的一封信，用来告诉自己那些他无法以其他方式发现的事情。

一个意识到自己纯净的心灵不会执着于任何事物，既不执着于肉体也不执着于灵魂。

每本小说都是一次未知的旅程，即使对写它的人来说也是如此。