制度的重要性有时比我们承认的要大。
Institutions matter more than we sometimes acknowledge.
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence.
Literature is the bridge between the seen and the unseen worlds.
我们是孤独的动物。我们一生都在努力减少孤独感。我们古老的方法之一是讲述一个故事,恳求听者说——并感受到——“是的,事情就是这样,或者至少我是这样感觉的。”