The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence.

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live --moreover, the only one.

Things happen for a reason; and the reason is hidden