Writing is a way of making sense of the world.
写作是理解世界的一种方式。
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
小说是一种反映世界的镜子。
【释义】君子做学问，是为了阐明真理，救济时世。如果仅仅停留在诗文创作上，那就是所谓的‘雕虫小技’，又有什么用处呢！