The function of art is to disturb, not to reassure.
艺术的功能是扰乱,而非安抚。
人类似乎有这样的倾向,建立一项规则叫别人遵守,同时又极力使自己成为例外,不受它的约束。
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
人生最大的遗憾,莫过于轻易地放弃了不该放弃的,固执地坚持了不该坚持的。
小说不仅仅是一个故事;它是一面反映人类存在复杂性的镜子。