生命之所以有意义是因为它会停止。

I’m a great believer in solving hard problems by using a checklist. You need to get all the likely and unlikely answers before you; otherwise it’s easy to miss something important.

作家的职责是讲述真相，无论多么痛苦。

我们不是从祖先那里继承了土地；我们是从子孙那里借来的。

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

Memory is a kind of accomplishment, a sort of renewal even.

Every stone we extract tells a story of perseverance and precision.