过去从未死去，它甚至不是过去。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
小说的艺术在于创造一个比现实本身更真实的世界。
Writing is a form of self-redemption.
But I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need... I won't be far away.
Phenomena are the outer expressions of hidden essences.
文学教会我们用另一种眼光看世界，用另一种方式理解它。
The desert could not be claimed or owned–it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names.
过去是一个异国；他们在那里做事的方式不同。