The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.
写作是理解世界和我们在其中位置的一种方式。
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year.
解析:学问之道在于找回迷失的本心。