we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.
我们都正走向天堂之路，也通往地狱之门。
真相很少是纯粹的，也从来不是简单的。
作家应当是他时代的见证者，同时也是世界的创造者。
小说的伟大之处在于它让你看见，它让你感受，它让你知道。
Memory was in this respect similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection.
At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.
In trading, you have to be comfortable with uncertainty.