Literature is the only homeland we can never lose.

文学是我们永远不会失去的唯一家园。

In the ruins of our cities, we search for the fragments of our identity.

在我们城市的废墟中，我们寻找身份的碎片。

The novel is a mirror that reflects not what is, but what could be.

小说是一面镜子，反映的不是现状，而是可能。

To write about war is to write about the silence that follows.

描写战争就是描写随之而来的沉默。

The true history of a people is written in the margins of official history.

一个民族的真正历史写在官方历史的边缘。

Memory is a wound that never heals, and literature is the bandage we put on it.

记忆是一道永不愈合的伤口，而文学是我们贴在上面的绷带。

In the labyrinth of Beirut, we find both our past and our future.

在贝鲁特的迷宫中，我们既找到了过去，也找到了未来。

The city is not just a place, it's a living organism with its own memory.

城市不仅仅是一个地方，它是一个有自己记忆的生命体。

Writing is an act of resistance against oblivion.

写作是对遗忘的一种抵抗。

The novel is the art of the possible, and the possible is always more terrifying than the real.

小说是可能的艺术，而可能总是比现实更可怕。