懦弱囚禁人的灵魂，希望可以令你感受自由。强者自救，圣者渡人。

注意你的思想，因为它们将变成言辞；注意你的言辞，因为它们将变成行动；注意你的行动，因为它们将变成习惯；注意你的习惯，因为它们将变成性格；注意你的性格，因为它们将决定你的命运。 我们想的是什么，就会成为什么样的人。

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.