The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.

The stones we pull from the earth carry 400 million years of history—we're merely temporary stewards.

冠军的远见在于无人注视时仍弯腰挥汗、精疲力竭。

最简单的词语往往承载最重的分量。

The past is not dead; it is not even past.

拖延乃光阴之窃贼。