The real paradises are the paradises that we have lost.
真正的天堂是我们已经失去的天堂。
"Reading is the most important skill a child can learn."
生命不是一个段落，死亡也不是一个括号。
"The writer is a man who is always trying to push the boundaries of language, to explore the limits of language, to see what language can do."
The past is always tense, the future perfect.