One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.
直到某些意外事件从外部触发，人们才会突然意识到真相。
A life without contradictions is not a life worth writing about.
Trust doesn’t mean that you trust that someone won’t screw up—it means you trust them even when they do screw up.
我活下来是因为我保持了想象力的活力。
音乐是人类通用的语言。
Sometimes you just have to pick yourself up and carry on.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.