小说是一种永远处于危机中、濒临消失边缘的艺术形式，而这正是它保持生命力的原因。
阅读好书，就如同与过去几个世纪最杰出的人物交谈。
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.