The ability to associate depends, in turn, on the degree to which communities share norms and values and are able to subordinate individual interests to those of larger groups.

站在一旁与完全参与之间的张力；这就是造就作家的原因。

A great novel is one that changes the way we see the world.

如果我们总是做同样的事情，就不要指望事情会改变。