历史不是过去——它是我们为组织对过去的无知而演变出的方法。
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
历史是一套达成共识的谎言。
The act of writing is an act of optimism.
写作的行为是一种乐观的行为。
The past is not a static thing. It moves and shifts with us.
过去不是静止的。它随着我们移动和变化。
The dead are always listening. The dead are always watching.
死者一直在倾听。死者一直在注视。
The past is not just the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
过去不仅仅是过去，而是一个棱镜，主体通过它过滤自己不断变化的自我形象。
The truth is always complicated, and it’s rarely pure.
真相总是复杂的，而且很少是纯粹的。
The dead are not powerless. Dead, is not powerless.
死者并非无力。死亡，并非无力。
当你写作时，你试图发现一些你不知道的东西。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
You can’t be a writer unless you’re a reader first.
除非你先是一个读者，否则你不可能成为一个作家。
The dead are never far from us. They’re in our hearts and on our minds and all around us.