"To understand the living, you must commune with the dead."
要理解生者，你必须与逝者对话。
"Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it."
每个句子末端都等待着一个真相。
"The past is not a static pageant, it moves with us, changing as we change."
过去不是静止的画卷，它随我们而动，随我们的变化而变化。
"Writing is not a performance, it's a generosity."
写作不是表演，而是一种慷慨。
"The dead are as real as the living, but in a different way."
逝者与生者同样真实，只是方式不同。
"History is not what happened. History is just what historians tell us."
历史不是发生过的事，历史只是历史学家告诉我们的故事。
"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend to remember."
过去是你记得的、想象中记得的、说服自己记得的或假装记得的一切。
"To be a writer is to be interested in everything."
成为作家就意味着对一切都感兴趣。
"The present is always an unstable place, the past is where you anchor yourself."
当下总是不稳定的所在，过去才是你锚定自我的地方。
"Facts are not truth, though they are part of it."
事实并非真相，尽管它们是真相的一部分。
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