We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.
你没有真正活过,除非你曾濒临死亡。对于那些曾为之奋斗的人来说,生命有一种被保护者永远无法知晓的滋味。
噪音使金融市场成为可能,但也使它们不完美。
——在广东和朋友谈自己的主张,1921年
The novel is a form of exploration, a way of mapping the unknown territories of the human heart.