"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."

传记的挑战不在于发现事实 - 而在于发现事实背后的意义。

"We are all the sum of our contradictions - that's what makes biography so fascinating."

我们都是自身矛盾的总和 - 这就是传记如此迷人的原因。

"A well-written biography is a resurrection of the past."

一部写得很好的传记是对过去的复活。

"History remembers the dates, but biography remembers the days."

历史记住日期，但传记记住日子。

"The biographer's task is to illuminate, not to judge."

传记作者的任务是阐明，而不是评判。

"Great lives are like great novels - they have plot twists, character development, and moments of sheer poetry."

伟大的生命就像伟大的小说 - 它们有情节转折、角色发展和纯粹的诗意时刻。

"To understand a person, you must walk a mile in their shoes - and then another mile in their thoughts."

要理解一个人，你必须穿着他们的鞋子走一英里 - 然后在他们的思想中再走一英里。

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

过去从未死去，它甚至从未过去。

"Every life is a story worth telling, if only we take the time to listen."

每个生命都是一个值得讲述的故事，只要我们愿意花时间去倾听。

"Biography is the most intimate form of history."

传记是最亲密的历史形式。