The novel is a way of thinking about the world, not just a way of describing it.
自分を信じることが、一番の力になる。
We don't inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
"We are all searching for something, and sometimes, what we find is not what we expected."
每当有人逝去，总有少数的人们会想到：许多事情被忽略了，许多事情还未来得及去做；多少事情给遗忘了，而更多事情已无法弥救——足可见，平素对待周围的人们需用心才是；没有什么是比追悔莫及更令人懊丧的了；请让我们趁早记住这个理吧，以免受那样的痛苦。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.