The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces – in nature, in society, in man himself.
人类的历史性上升，整体而言，可以概括为意识对盲目力量的一系列胜利——在自然中、在社会中、在人类自身中。
The novel is a machine for generating meaning.
It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.