Writing is learning to die, learning to give everything away.
写作是学习死亡，学习放弃一切。
The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion.
My stomach is a knot of sorrow and anger, but I keep smiling.
我的胃里打满了悲伤和愤怒的结，但我继续微笑着。
Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.
The measure of a good book is determined by how much it disturbs and troubles its reader.
一本好书的标准在于它能在多大程度上扰乱和困扰读者。
A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
书是一面镜子：如果一头驴往里看，你不能指望看到一位使徒。
The art of the novel is the art of being everywhere at once.
小说的艺术就是无处不在的艺术。
To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret wounds that we carry inside us, the ones that never heal and that define who we are.
成为作家就是要承认我们内心携带的秘密伤口，那些永远不会愈合的伤口，它们定义了我们是谁。
The best stories are those that resonate with our own hidden thoughts.
最好的故事是那些与我们自己隐藏的思想产生共鸣的故事。
Writing is a matter of finding a voice to listen to the voices inside you.
写作就是找到一个声音来倾听你内心的声音。
I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.
The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.