A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

怀疑并不是令人愉快的状态，但确信是荒谬的。

A good novel is a thought experiment with characters who breathe.

解释：市场早晨人满满的，晚上就空荡无人，这不是人们爱早市而恨晚市，而是想要买东西，所以早晨去，要买的东西晚上没有，所以离开。

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.

我不是开始，我是结束。

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.