我知道有一颗星球上住着一位脸色绯红的先生。他从来没有闻过一朵花，从来没有见过一颗星星，从来没有爱过任何人。他除了做加法以外，没有干过别的事，他整天像你一样，老重复说：我是一个严肃认真的人，我是一个严肃认真的人！

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

小说是人类复杂性最完整的表达。