"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
大海不拒绝各种各样的水,所以才能成就它的博大;大山不拒绝形形色色的土石,所以才能成就它的高峻;贤明的君主不嫌弃百姓,所以能够聚集众多的臣民;读书人不厌倦学习,所以能达到圣贤的境界。
Every book is a journey the writer takes alone first.