故事是作者写给自己的信，用来告诉自己那些无法通过其他方式发现的事情。
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
The elements of consciousness are sensations, images, and affections.
路途虽然近，但不走就不能到达；事情虽然小，但不做就不能完成。
我不迷信，但我有点小迷信。
The perfection of machinery is to produce the desired effect with the least possible friction and waste.