小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一个建构的物体，一种必须尽可能完美的艺术技巧。

每座建筑都是原型。没有两座是相同的。

Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and improve.

The world is full of invisible wounds.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

如果他们能让你问错问题，他们就不必担心答案了。