The novel is a form of exploration, a way of mapping the unknown territories of the human heart.

生活就像一架钢琴，白键代表快乐，黑键代表悲伤。但在人生的旅途中，请记住黑键也能创造音乐。

意识是生活战斗的竞技场。

我相信爱是比责任感更好的老师，至少对我来说是这样。

And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'

我的未完成的过去，从后边缠绕到我身上，使我难于死去，请从它那里释放了我吧。