石黑一雄
與魯西迪、奈保爾被稱為“英國文壇移民三雄”
Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.
There’s a kind of sadness in the air, but it’s a sadness that makes you feel alive.
空氣中彌漫著一種悲傷，但這種悲傷讓你感覺活著。
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence.
世界是如此不可預測。事情突然發(fā)生，出乎意料。我們想要感覺到我們能夠控制自己的存在。
Sometimes, I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss.
有時候，我認為生活的目的是讓我們接受最終的失去。
It’s one thing to have a past, and another to be held hostage by it.
擁有過去是一回事，被過去挾持是另一回事。
The past is always tense, the future perfect.
過去總是緊張的，未來是完美的。
The evening is the time of day when the light is most beautiful, but it’s also the time when it starts to fade.
傍晚是一天中光線最美的時候，但也是光線開始消逝的時候。
It’s funny. The things that are most important to you are often the hardest to talk about.
有趣的是，對你來說最重要的事情往往最難開口。
There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.
Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
世界上充滿了自童年以來從未以開放的心態(tài)面對開放的門的人。
We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time.