What a fool old Adam was. Had everything his own way; had succeeded in gaining the love of the best looking girl in the neighborhood, but yet unsatisfied with his conquest he had to eat a miserable little apple.

在三十岁时我们想要朋友。在四十岁时我们知道朋友不会比爱情更能拯救我们。

小说中的人物比他的创造者拥有更多自由——这就是支撑我写作的讽刺。

发出履行性陈述并不是在做陈述，因此履行性陈述的发言既不真实也不虚假。