小说是对一个你无法确切表述的问题的长篇回答。
A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.
当人们做不到一些事情的时候,他们就会对你说你也同样不能。
Time moves differently in memory than it does in life.
A wise man said: before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, "Is it true?" At the second gate, ask "Is it necessary?" At the third gate, ask, "Is it kind?"
人类似乎有这样的倾向,建立一项规则叫别人遵守,同时又极力使自己成为例外,不受它的约束。
The internet is the future, and the future is now.
I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.