小说的真正主题不是故事，而是人类的灵魂。

译文：上天虽有好生之德，也难以拯救一心求死的人，人能造福行善，就是避免灾祸的大功德。赏析：人生最大的悲哀莫过于内心已死，失去了斗志。失败不可怕，我们要善于在失败中重整旗鼓，继续向前。人多做好事，就是种善因，那么必将结善果。

I'm not a businessman; I'm a business, man.

You can’t change the past, but you can change the future.

The past is not dead, it is not even past.

去上学的是整个孩子，而不仅仅是他的智力。

"I wanted to write about the Windrush generation because their story is part of British history, but it's a story that hasn't been told enough."