The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether.

My work is proof of self-obliteration.

The true measure of our success is how well we feed the world while preserving its resources.

在京都做官已经很长时间了，却没有高明谋略去辅佐君王。虽然有临川羡鱼的美好愿望，但等河水清不知要到哪一年。

我们都是孤独的，生来孤独，死去孤独，尽管有真实的浪漫杂志，总有一天我们会回顾我们的生活，看到尽管有伴侣，我们一直都是孤独的。