"Every character I create carries a piece of truth within them."

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.

道是神奇非凡的存在，灵妙而有本性，虚无而没有形象，无法预测其来去，也无法追寻其踪迹，不知其所以然而自然如此。

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

我曾经整天不吃饭，整夜不睡觉，去苦苦思索，结果没有益处，还不如去学习。

Peace is not the absence of war， but a virtue based on strength of character.

小说不是社会的镜子，而是一扇窥视人心的窗户。