Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.

小说之于成人，犹如玩耍之于儿童;正是在那里，他改变了他生活的氛围和基调。

-- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森