文学是一面镜子，不仅反映社会，还映照人心的深处。

I'm a mom first.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

"The past is always with us, but it doesn't have to define us."