好的小说告诉我们关于角色的真相；伟大的小说告诉我们关于自己的真相。
A good novel tells us the truth about its characters; a great novel tells us the truth about ourselves.
生命中最伟大的光辉不在于永不坠落，而在于坠落后总能再度升起。
The idea that higher wages necessarily lead to fewer jobs is too simplistic.
"The best characters feel real enough to step right off the page."
The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore details that are not relevant to the task at hand.
山间千年以上的树是有的，但世上百岁以上的人却不多见。