美丽的眼睛能发现他人身上的美德，美丽的嘴唇只会说出善言，美丽的姿态能与知识并行，这样就永不孤单。

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

The novel is a rebellion against the limits of reality.

应对不自由世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。