We are all just passing through, ephemeral, and yet we leave behind traces of our existence.

我喜欢创造一个人们可以逃离的世界，即使只是几个小时。

说到底，作家只是他书的一半。另一半是读者，作家从读者那里学习。

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

译文：祸到临头后悔已经来不及了，船驶到江心弥补漏洞已经无济于事。赏析：我们说话做事都要谨慎，凡事都做最坏的打算，要防患于未然才能减少失误和差错。