二十世纪最后二十五年最显著的发展是世界看似强大的独裁政权核心的巨大弱点被揭示。
小说是一面映照世界的镜子。
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.