小说是捕捉人类状况的最雄心勃勃的尝试。

The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

没有一丝怪异，就没有精致的美。

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.