小说是一种探索的形式，一种映射人类心灵未知领域的方式。
The novel is a form of exploration, a way of mapping the unknown territories of the human heart.
自然选择是残酷的。
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.