小说的最终考验是你是否如此关心这些人以至于你想知道他们接下来会发生什么。
The final test of a novel is whether you care so much for the people that you want to know what happens to them next.
没有刻苦钻研的精神,就不能明辨事情的道理;没有专心致志的工作,就不会取得显赫的成绩。
我们最甜美的歌是那些讲述最悲伤思想的歌。
"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."