"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us."
【释义】(即使是非常容易生长的东西)暴晒它一天,冰冻它十天,也不可能生长的。劝诫人做事需有始有终、专心致志。
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
在糟糕的时候抱有希望不仅仅是愚蠢的浪漫。这是基于人类历史不仅是残酷的历史,也是同情、牺牲、勇气和善良的历史。
小说是一种思考世界的方式,一种理解世界的方式。