译文：在激流中屹立的柱石，力挽狂澜，具有天才，建立伟大的功业，把百姓从苦难中拯救出来，使国家的命运如同磐石般稳固，不是大英雄不能担当这样的重任。

I believe in the power of literature to change the world.

"The world is not a wish-granting factory."

Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life.

本当の幸せは、自分で見つけるものだ。

"The best stories are the ones that make you feel hopeful."