小说不仅是世界的镜子，更是塑造世界的锤子。
The novel is not just a mirror to the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.
注释：恭敬、节俭、谦逊、守礼，这样才能自我坚守。深谋远虑，这样才能避免困厄。亲近仁德之士、结交正直之人，这样才能在危难时得到帮助。
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
模形式的算术是理解数论更深层次结构的关键。
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
Security is sleeping in the back seat of the car...When you're a little kid, and you've ben somewhere with your Mom and Dad, and it's night, and you're riding home in the car, you can sleep in the back seat...You don't have to worry about anything...Your Mom and Dad are in the front seat, and they do all the worrying...But it doesn't last! Suddenly, you're grown up, and it can never be that way again!
历史不仅仅是发生了什么，而是我们记得什么以及我们如何记得它。
I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.