小说是一面沿着大路携带的镜子。有时它向你展示天空的蓝色，有时则是路上搅动的泥泞。
"A novel is a mirror carried along a high road. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road."
人比自己想象的更需要他人。
"The world is full of stories, but the ones that matter most are the ones we tell ourselves."