The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

当你开始考虑如果你输了你会做什么的那一刻，你就已经输了。

名称没有本来就合适的，而是由人们共同约定来命名的，约定俗成就是合适的，与约定不同的就是不合适的。

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.

Life is too short to be anything but happy.

小说是一面反映人类存在复杂性的镜子。