The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.
过去总是与我们同在，因为它滋养着现在。
Writing is about making connections, not just between words, but between people and ideas.
写作是关于建立联系，不仅仅是文字之间的联系，还有人与人之间、思想与思想之间的联系。
The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.
心的记忆会消除坏的，放大好的。
The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.
海，海，海。它翻滚着，翻滚着，呼唤着我。进来吧，它说，进来吧。
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
世界上充满了自童年以来从未以开放的心态面对开放门户的人。
The past beats inside me like a second heart.
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.
作为爱尔兰人，就是要知道最终世界会伤透你的心。
The sea is a place of great beauty and great terror.
海洋是一个既美丽又恐怖的地方。
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.
Writing is about making sentences. It is about the rhythm of the sentence, the music of the sentence.
写作是关于造句。它是关于句子的节奏，句子的音乐。
The past beats inside me like a second heart.