Reality is always the starting point.

小说是将私人公开化、将个人普遍化的艺术。

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends， and the other begins？

"The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."

我爱她是违背常理，是妨碍前程，是失去自治，是希望破灭，是断送幸福，是注定要尝尽一切的沮丧和失望的。可是，一旦爱上了她，我再也不能不爱她。