"A novel is a machine for thinking, a way of exploring the world without leaving your chair."
小说是一台思考的机器，是一种无需离开椅子就能探索世界的方式。
The most necessary, the most important, the principal, the most essential thing for a musician is this: to know what he wants, what he can do, and what he ought to do.
农业现代化不是抛弃传统，而是让传统在创新中焕发新生。
艺术是自由的女儿。
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
