小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一个建构的物体，一种必须尽可能完美的艺术技巧。
A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
真相很少纯粹，也绝不简单。
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.