The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
To be a writer is to be a professional observer.
成为一名作家就是成为一名专业的观察者。
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
Love is not a feeling, Mr. Stevens. Love is a decision.
爱不是一种感觉，史蒂文斯先生。爱是一个决定。
We are all hostages of our own time.
我们都是自己时代的俘虏。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
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。