小说不是一种体裁，而是一种思想形式。
The novel is not a genre, but a form of thought.
解析：天地之所以能长久存在，是因为它们的一切运作都不为自己，所以能够长久。
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
英国人民在面对逆境时表现出了令人难以置信的韧性和决心。
我希望被人们记住为一个充满热情的艺术家。
Writing is not just a profession; it is a way of life, a commitment to truth and beauty.
过去是一个无处不在的阴影。
Life consists not in holding good cards，but in playing well those you hold.
译文：一个人虽然没有身处艰难困境，但不能忘记还有艰难的时候。世上虽然有侥幸的事情存在，但不能心存侥幸的心理。赏析：人最大的悲哀就是总是对有些事情抱有幻想，都希望坏事不会发生在自己身上，可现实很无奈，越不想越就会发生。侥幸是发生祸患的根源，做任何事前，我们一定要防患于未然，做好最坏的打算。
He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.