"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 architect must be a visionary.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Mrs. March knew that experience was an excellent teacher, and when it was possible she left her children to learn alone the lessons which she would gladly have made easier, if they had not objected to taking advice as much as they did salts and senna.
