在任何情况下生存的最佳方法就是为之做好准备。
The best way to survive in any situation is to be prepared for it.
There are places in the world where the old gods still walk.
The novel is the great art form of lying in order to tell the truth.
Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.
