小说是人类发现的微妙相互关系的最高范例。它是生命之书。从这个意义上说,圣经是一部伟大的混乱小说。你可能会说,它是关于上帝的。但它实际上是关于活着的人。
The essence of literature is to capture the fleeting moments of life.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.