The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it requires only a reader.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.  

我从来不是一个在意别人说什么的人，我就是我。

There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other.

If you're going to bake, do it properly. Don't cut corners.