The novel is a way of thinking about the world, not just a way of describing it.

看遍了世间的人情冷暖，才认识到旷达洒脱的可贵；尝遍了世间的种种滋味，才知道清净淡泊的真切内涵。

沉默不是声音的缺失，而是更深层事物的存在。

The propensity to truck， barter， and exchange one thing for another is common to all men， and to be found in no other race of animals.

我的一生都在与恐惧和焦虑作斗争。