Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary in ordinary life.
文學是在平凡生活中發(fā)現非凡之處的藝術。
The act of writing is an act of courage.
寫作的行為是一種勇氣的行為。
A writer is someone who pays attention to the world.
The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives.
Every book is a journey.
每一本書都是一次旅行。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是純粹的,也從不簡單。
寫作就是活兩次。
We are all the sum of our memories.
我們都是我們記憶的總和。
Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.
寫作是我唯一向自己解釋自己生活的方式。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
過去是一個異國他鄉(xiāng);他們做事的方式不同。