To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
我的过去塑造了我，但它不能定义我。
When the third appeared, he thrust at it with the knife, only to feel the blade[刀片] snap as the fish rolled.
历史学家必须与其研究对象有某种亲缘关系。死者不会开口，除非你以恰当的方式呼唤他们。
From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
帮我做出重大决定的最好工具，就是知道自己快死了。
To know that one does not write for the other, to know that these things I am going to write will never make me loved by the one I love.