謝漢·卡魯納提拉卡
以《馬里·阿爾梅達(dá)的七個月亮》獲得布克獎
A good story is one that stays with you long after you've finished reading it.
一個好故事是那種在你讀完很久之后仍然留在你心中的故事。
The most important thing in a story is not what happens, but why it happens.
故事中最重要的不是發(fā)生了什么，而是為什么會發(fā)生。
The power of a story lies in its ability to connect us to something larger than ourselves.
故事的力量在于它能夠?qū)⑽覀冞B接到比我們自己更大的東西。
Writing is a way of making sense of the world, and of making sense of ourselves.
寫作是一種理解世界的方式，也是理解自己的方式。
The best stories are the ones that make us question what we know.
最好的故事是那些讓我們質(zhì)疑我們所知道的故事。
Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.
每個故事都有開始、中間和結(jié)尾，但不一定是這個順序。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是純粹的，也從來不是簡單的。
In the end, we are all just stories.
最終，我們都只是故事。
Stories are the way we understand the world, and the way we understand ourselves.
故事是我們理解世界的方式，也是我們理解自己的方式。
The past is always tense, the future perfect.
過去總是緊張的，未來是完美的。