The best stories are those that disturb us, that force us to question our certainties.
The uniform， constant， and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition， the principle from which public and national as well as private opulence is originally derived.
"The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives in one."
证明的目的是理解，而不仅仅是验证。
The writer must be a perpetual dissident, a professional heretic.
