小说是最民主的艺术形式,因为它既属于作家,也属于读者。
The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it belongs to the reader as much as to the writer.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers
了解上帝的伟业,理解祂的智慧、威严和力量;在一定程度上欣赏祂律法的奇妙运作,这一切必然是对至高者的一种愉悦和可接受的崇拜方式,对祂来说,无知不会比知识更令人感激。