小说是一面镜子，不仅反映现实，还映照其中隐藏的裂痕。
"The novel is a mirror that reflects not just reality, but the hidden fractures within it."
We see each building as a gift to the city.
艺术家必须是星辰的孩子。
We're not afraid of the future, we're not afraid of the past.
真正的诗歌诞生于痛苦，但也诞生于希望，诞生于为存在寻找意义的斗争。
"Every story is a journey, and every journey changes the traveler."
The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
Clarity and order are the foundations of good writing.
"语言是来自外太空的病毒。"