The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.

Walls define space, but openings connect it to the world.

学得越多，知道得越多。知道得越多，忘得越多。忘得越多，知道得越少。那何必学习呢？

"To be forgiven is only half the gift. The other half is that we also can forgive, restore the lost, and mend the broken."

The first duty of a man is to think for himself.

世界上充满了受害者，而我就是其中之一。