人类的思想是如此复杂，事物之间是如此纠缠，以至于要解释一片草叶，就必须绘制宇宙的图表。
The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of grass, one would have to make a diagram of the universe.
"The writer's job is to tell the truth, even when it is inconvenient."
The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.
未来的逐渐取消伴随着期望的萎缩。
在我写的每一个字中，我试图捕捉生命的短暂瞬间，让它们停留得更久一些。
小说让我们能够讲述那些对非虚构作品来说太过滑溜的真相。
"Sometimes the quietest illustrations speak the loudest."