活着就是慢慢地出生。
The more you know, the less you understand.
你知道得越多，理解得越少。
Every story is a story about death.
每个故事都是关于死亡的故事。
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
We are all hostages of our own memories.
我们都是自己记忆的人质。
真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。
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。
One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.
一个人永远无法到达家，但无论友好的道路在哪里交汇，整个世界都会暂时看起来像家。
The past is always tense, the future perfect.
过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。
"We are all the authors of our own lives, but we are also the characters in someone else's story."
我们都是自己生活的作者，但我们也是别人故事中的角色。
"To live is to be haunted by the ghosts of what might have been."
生活就是被可能发生的事情的幽灵所困扰。