小说不是作者的自白；它是对人类生活在世界陷阱中的调查。

我本就一无所有，所以没什么可失去的。

Should you find yourself contorting to fit a system, dear reader, stop and ask if it's truly you that must change or the system.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our Government.

我们都犯有对彼此的罪行。