小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么？因为它是如此无法达到绝对。
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.
A story is a way of seeing the world differently.
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
即使鬼神不存在，这也可以用来聚集众人来欢乐，使得邻里亲近。
