The poor don’t need handouts; they need ladders.

The only real dance is the dance of the soul.

The true value of stone lies in how we transform it for human use.

"Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be expelled."

The novel is the most complete, most complex, and most profound expression of human reality that exists.

一件事情都不能做到有始有终，就不要去操持其他的事情；一物也不明白，就不要追求博闻广记。