"A novel is a machine for thinking, a way of exploring the world without leaving your chair."

"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."

Life is a gorgeous robe, crawling with fleas.

我首先要消除一些传言，免得误人子弟。