The function of the writer is to disturb the sleep of the world.
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous—to poetry.
小说是一种思考方式，而不仅仅是一种讲故事的方式。
The risk is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.