The novel is the great modern epic because it can contain everything: poetry, history, philosophy, politics.
孤独是与自己面对面的时间。
A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
君主所凭借着驱使臣下的,只有尚贤一种方法；臣下用来侍奉君主的,也只有仁义一条途径。