The novel is the most complete, most complex, and most profound expression of human reality that exists.
Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation.
写作是一种存在于世界的方式,一种理解它并使他人理解它的方式。
The cyclical changes in the cosmos are governed by the interplay of Love and Strife.”