"恐怖不仅仅是超自然现象，而是人类彼此之间能够做出的行为。"

Literature is the memory of humanity.

The molecule of DNA is the basis of all life, and understanding it is understanding life itself.

The uniform， constant， and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition， the principle from which public and national as well as private opulence is originally derived.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing—not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens.

小说是一种非常宽容的形式。它几乎可以容纳任何东西。