释文：不了解事情的真相就高谈阔论，便是不明智；如果知道了而不谈，就 是不忠诚。

我们不能总是为我们的青年建造未来，但我们可以为未来建造我们的青年。

保持谦逊，保持渴望。

The human mind is not a blank slate at birth.

好的小说应该像一面镜子，照出人性的复杂和矛盾。

Generally speaking, envy, resentment, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thoughts.Self-pity gets fairly close to paranoia, and paranoia is one of the very hardest things to reverse.

The novel is a mirror walking along a main road.