“ Don’t fight it – and you may find that it was never fighting you in the first place but that you mistook the open hand of friendship for a fist. 不要和它打架——你可能会发现它一开始并没有和你打架,而是你把友谊张开的手当成了拳头。 Shraga Silverstein 施拉格·西尔弗斯坦
“ The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. 对幸福的追求是不幸福的主要来源之一。 Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗
“ A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into. 小说,说到底,是一个容器,一个你试图将你的故事倾注其中的形状。 Helen Dunmore 海伦·邓莫尔