Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary in ordinary life.
文学是在平凡生活中发现非凡之处的艺术。
The act of writing is an act of courage.
写作的行为是一种勇气的行为。
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.
每一本书都是一次旅行。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。
写作就是活两次。
We are all the sum of our memories.
我们都是我们记忆的总和。
Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.
写作是我唯一向自己解释自己生活的方式。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
过去是一个异国他乡；他们做事的方式不同。