The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."

"We are all better when we're loved."

我们必须平衡短期需求和长期可持续性。

短期债务可能是危险的，因为它创造了突然挤兑的可能性。