"A good sentence is a small miracle."
一个好句子是一个小小的奇迹。
"The act of writing is an act of hope."
写作是一种希望的行为。
"Reading is time travel, and books are the vehicles."
阅读是时间旅行，而书籍是载具。
"The truth of fiction lies not in its facts but in its emotional honesty."
小说的真实不在于事实，而在于情感上的诚实。
"Every book is a conversation between the writer and the reader."
每一本书都是作者与读者之间的一场对话。
"Writing is a way of discovering what you didn’t know you knew."
写作是一种发现你未曾意识到自己已知之事的方式。
"The best stories are those that make you see the familiar in an unfamiliar way."
最好的故事是那些让你以陌生的方式看待熟悉事物的故事。
"A novel is a machine for thinking, a way of exploring the world without leaving your chair."
小说是一台思考的机器，是一种无需离开椅子就能探索世界的方式。
"History is not just what happened, but what people thought and felt about it."
历史不仅仅是发生了什么，还包括人们对此的想法和感受。
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
"The stories we love best do more than entertain us; they shape who we are."