The problem with words is that you never know whose mouths they have been in.
词语的问题在于你永远不知道它们曾经过谁的嘴。
Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
The past beats inside me like a second heart.
Memory is a strange thing, it doesn't work like I thought it did. Memory is not a simple thing at all.
记忆是个奇怪的东西，它不像我想的那样运作。记忆根本不是一件简单的事。
The truth is not always the best story.
真相并不总是最好的故事。
Silence is not nothing. Silence is something.
沉默不是虚无。沉默是一种存在。
The novel is a way of thinking about the world, not just a way of describing it.
小说是一种思考世界的方式，而不仅仅是描述世界的方式。
The past is always there, and it's always different every time you look at it.
过去永远在那里，而且每次你回头看它时，它都不同。
Writing is about making something seem real, not about making it real.
写作是让事物显得真实，而不是让它们变得真实。
In every story, there is a piece of the writer's soul.
在每个故事中，都有作家灵魂的一部分。
The act of writing is an act of defiance against the chaos of the world.