我们都有自己的小秘密，自己的小羞耻。
The United States has no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
文学不是现实的镜子，而是塑造现实的锤子。
译文：事前不研讨，遇变难以应对;军队不训练，作战难以取胜。强调未雨绸缪的重要性。
To understand consciousness, study its role in survival.
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the totality of life.
The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it belongs to the reader as much as to the writer.