"A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time and space."

要真正理解宇宙，我们必须首先理解构成它的最小粒子。

心神应该保持平静稳定，骨力应该保持活动锻炼，胸怀应该保持宽广豁达，筋骨应该保持坚强硬朗，脊梁应该保持端正平直，肠胃应该保持素淡洁净，舌端应该保持谨慎寡言，脚跟应该保持坚定不移，耳目应该保持聪明朗洁，精神应该保持正直无邪。

The art of competing, I’d learned from track, was the art of forgetting, and I now reminded myself of that fact. You must forget your limits. You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past.