The novel is a machine for generating meaning.
小说是生成意义的机器。
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.
如果你总是做你一直在做的事情,你会得到你一直得到的东西。
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."
"Memory is what we thought we'd forgotten; it's what we have forgotten we've forgotten."
好奇心推动发现。没有它,科学就会停滞不前。