The past is never dead; it's not even past. This is especially true in detective fiction.
过去从未消逝，它甚至没有过去。这在侦探小说中尤其如此。
在俄罗斯，法律的严酷性因不被执行而得到缓和。
Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects. And you can say "Well it's only symbolic that women are nature", it's like no, it's not just symbolic. The woman is the gatekeeper to reproductive success. And you can't get more like nature than that, in fact it's the very definition of nature.
Language is the writer's only tool, and yet it's never enough.