The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是纯粹的，也从来不是简单的。
The world is full of stories, and from time to time, they permit themselves to be told.
世界充满了故事，时不时地，它们允许自己被讲述。
We are all of us born with a unique set of potentialities, and it is our task in life to realize as many of them as possible.
我们每个人出生时都带着一套独特的潜能，我们生活中的任务就是尽可能多地实现它们。
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.
写作的行为是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得它不重要，你就不会费心去做。
To be a writer, one must have a certain arrogance, a belief that one's own voice is worth hearing.
要成为一名作家，必须有一定的傲慢，相信自己的声音值得被听到。
The greatest cruelty is our casual blindness to the despair of others.
最大的残忍是我们对他人绝望的随意忽视。
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
应对不自由世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反抗。
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
当我们爱的时候，我们总是努力变得比现在更好。当我们努力变得更好时，我们周围的一切也会变得更好。
We are all of us made by what we have lost as much as by what we have gained.
我们都是由我们所失去的和我们所获得的共同塑造的。