"Memory is a tricky thing; it can be both a blessing and a curse."
"History is not what happened. History is just what historians tell us."
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
成功是我唯一的选择，失败不是。
The novel is the book of life. In this sense, the Bible is a great confused novel. You may say, it is about God. But it is really about man alive.