We are all of us, in our different ways, seeking to escape the trap of our own minds.

最伟大的故事是那些为沉默留出空间的故事。

Education does not take root in the soul unless it goes deep.

探求事理方法要缓缓，仔细品尝涵泳才能有所心得；欲念决断方法要果断，奋力果决才能自新。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.