小说是一种思考世界的方式，而不仅仅是描述世界的方式。
The novel is a way of thinking about the world, not just a way of describing it.
You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
压力要么让管道爆裂，要么造就钻石。
The function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production by exploiting an invention or, more generally, an untried technological possibility for producing a new commodity or producing an old one in a new way.