I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it.

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

We are all connected; to each other, biologically; to the earth, chemically; to the rest of the universe, atomically.

The best novels are those that manage to create autonomous worlds, worlds that function according to their own laws and logic.

What we see is not simply given but actively constructed through complex processes.