The first sentence of every novel should be: "Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human."

人人都是艺术家。

犯罪小说是探索人性阴暗面的完美载体。

To feel much for others and little for ourselves； to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections， constitute the perfection of human nature.

我不是来让每个人都喜欢我的。我是来做我自己的。