小说是一种总体化的形式；它试图涵盖人类的全部经验。
The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.
We are all haunted by the ghosts of our own pasts, and sometimes, by the ghosts of others.
"Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile."
如果你想赢得诺贝尔奖，就不应该想着赢得诺贝尔奖。
It's not always necessary to be better than everyone else, but to be better than you used to be.