文学是民族的记忆，没有记忆就没有身份。

We don't inherit the oceans from our ancestors; we borrow them from our children.

行为不应被视为仅仅是肌肉收缩的链条，而应被视为有目的和认知的活动。

译文：贤惠的妻子就怕家里没有好丈夫，未成婚的姑娘就怕嫁给行为不端的渣男。赏析：婚姻是女人一生的大事，要谨慎对待。幸福的婚姻，女人眼里有光；而痛苦的婚姻，女人只会恐慌。而那些涉世未深的年轻女孩，大多不会理性筛选伴侣，这也导致这些女孩婚后过得非常糟糕，不是被丈夫家暴，就是被公婆冷漠对待。所以，这句话是在惊醒世人：婚姻不是儿戏，要慎之又慎。

I'm not a person who looks back. I'm always looking forward.

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence.