一本好书是一个永远不会让你失望的朋友。

Never stop learning—the moment you do, you start falling behind.

A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.

To name something is to bring it into existence, to give it a place in the world.

我一直觉得奇怪……我们钦佩的那些品质，如善良、慷慨、开放、诚实、理解和同情，在我们的体系中往往是失败的伴随物。而我们厌恶的那些特质，如精明、贪婪、占有欲、卑鄙、自负和自私，却是成功的特质。虽然人们钦佩前者的品质，但他们却喜欢后者的产物。