出生就是在一座岛屿上遇难。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
History is not just the story of the past, but a mirror to the present and a window to the future.
历史不仅仅是过去的故事,它也是现在的镜子和未来的窗口。
The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame.
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
在我们内心有一片广袤的未知领域,如果要解释我们的情感波动和风暴,就必须考虑到这片领域。
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.
世界就是它本来的样子;那些一无是处、自甘堕落的人,在这个世界上没有立足之地。
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
世界上最伟大的事情就是知道如何属于自己。
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
唯一真正的发现之旅不在于寻找新的风景,而在于拥有新的眼光。
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
世界是一本书,不旅行的人只读了一页。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是纯粹的,也从不简单。
To be a writer is to be a perpetual outsider, always observing, never quite belonging.
作为一个作家,就是永远的外人,总是在观察,却从未真正属于。