The novel is the art of making the private public, the personal universal.
小说是将私人公开化、将个人普遍化的艺术。
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
有时我会感到,我伸展开来覆盖大地、延伸进万物:我感到自己生活在每一棵树木中、生活在浪花中、生活在往来无定的云朵和动物中、生活在季节的轮回中。
"History is not just a record of events; it's a tapestry of human emotions and choices."
在战争中,武力和欺骗是两个关键的美德。
The best music comes from a place of honesty and vulnerability.