The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。

我只是一个努力实现梦想的孩子

The novel is the great art form of the inner life.

文学真正的力量在于它能为无声者发声。

人类的痛苦和快乐是相通的，无论我们来自哪里。