The measure of a good book is whether or not it makes you see the world differently.
衡量一本好书的标准是它是否能让你以不同的方式看待世界。
The art of the novel is to make the reader forget that the writer exists.
小说的艺术在于让读者忘记作家的存在。
The city's poor are like the roots of a tree: unseen, but essential to its survival.
城市的穷人就像树的根：看不见，但对生存至关重要。
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.
快乐就是能够不带恐惧地意识到自己。
爱是一种耐心。
A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him.
Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.
真正的博物馆是将时间转化为空间的地方。
The measure of a good book is determined by how much it makes you think and feel.
一本好书的衡量标准在于它让你思考和感受的程度。
"Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight."
绘画是思想的沉默和视觉的音乐。
"To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright."
"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."