The novel is a lie that tells the truth, a lie that is more true than reality itself.
小说是讲述真相的谎言，一种比现实本身更真实的谎言。
如果一种教义不是费解的，它就必须是含糊的，如果它既不费解也不含糊，它就必须是无法验证的。
Hold on to your dreams, even if the whole world doubts you.
To understand a forest, you must listen to it—not just with your ears, but with your heart.
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
——《临时大总统就职宣言》，1912年