过去是一个跟随我们的影子，永远存在，永远影响着我们的步伐。
The past is a shadow that follows us, always present, always influencing our steps.
"Stories are like rivers, always flowing, always changing."
我敢说，没有什么比阅读更令人愉悦了！人们对任何事物的厌倦都比不上一本书来得慢。
I grew up on the land, and I knew what hunger was.