"The novel is a very forgiving form. It can accommodate almost anything."

I do not know what I may appear to the world， but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore， and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary， whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The task of the writer is to unearth the secrets that are buried in the heart of man.

虽然说是爱它，其实是害它；虽然说是为它担忧，其实是与它为敌

Short-term gains in forestry often lead to long-term pains.

Will you play it safe， or will you be a little bit swashbuckling？

人性中最深刻的原则是对被欣赏的渴望。