小說是一個偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)：遠(yuǎn)比伽利略的望遠(yuǎn)鏡或別人的無線電報更偉大。小說是人類迄今為止達到的最高表達形式。為什么？因為它是如此無法達到絕對。
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.
這種想象力的第一個成果——以及體現(xiàn)它的社會科學(xué)的第一個教訓(xùn)——是個人只有將自己置于他所處的時代中，才能理解自己的經(jīng)歷并衡量自己的命運，只有意識到所有處于他這種境況的個體的機會，他才能知道自己的生活機會。
小說是謊言中的真相。
The novel is the highest example of subtle inter-relatedness that man has discovered.
We use mathematics to understand the markets, not to predict them.
You have to go through the storm to appreciate the sunshine.