小说质量的最大预测因素是小说家愿意面对自己或他人的不美好真相。
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.
生活中没有什么事情会像你在思考它时认为的那么重要。
We shall know some day that death can never rob us of that which our soul has gained, for her gains are one with herself.