The novel is the highest example of subtle inter-relatedness that man has discovered.

两种文化之间的距离是最有趣的事情发生的地方。

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

To write is to resist, to create a space of freedom in a world of constraints.

有小聪明的人不能让他谋划大事，有小忠诚的人不能让他掌管法律