小说是一个讲述真相的谎言，一个比事实真相更深刻地揭示现实的谎言。

我不会逃避挑战，我会迎向它们。

Your passion in life should fit you exactly； but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.

最大的器物最晚完成，最大的声音几乎没有声响，最大的形象没有形状。

Imagination is the key to understanding the world.

The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

一切都是数字。