The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.

The present is a fragile bridge between the past and the future.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

未来は誰にもわからない。だからこそ、今を生きるべきだ。

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

晏子春秋

不要等到别人告诉你准备好了才行动，这个世界或许会说你还不够格。我等了很久才允许自己失败。拜托，你根本不必问，不用向世界宣告你已准备就绪。展现自己，放手去做。