小说不是作者的忏悔；它是对陷入世界陷阱的人类生活的调查。
The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
历史不仅仅是发生了什么，而是可能发生了什么。
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
每天都要努力变得比起床时聪明一点。忠实而出色地履行职责。你会有条不紊地出人头地，但不一定会一蹴而就......最后，如果你活得足够长，大多数人都会得到他们应得的。
预测未来的最好方法就是创造未来。
统计学家不能逃避理解他所应用或推荐的过程的责任。