小說是一面鏡子，反映了人類存在的復(fù)雜性。
作家必須忠實(shí)于自己的內(nèi)心聲音，即使這意味著逆流而上。
I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had its roots in the soil.
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.
Optimists tend to interpret their troubles as transient, controllable, and specific to one situation. Pessimists, on the other hand, believe that their troubles last forever, undermine everything they do, and are uncontrollable.