译文：在平淡中交往的朋友，往往能长久维持；在平静安稳的环境生活，往往会延年益寿。赏析：君子之交淡如水。真正的朋友是看重对方的人品才交往的。清净养生，喧嚣伤身。安静的生活环境，平和的处事心态，方能益寿延年。

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

战争只是一系列你没有死去的时刻，由恐惧和运气串联而成。

我准备好见上帝了。上帝准没准备好见我还很难说。

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

我是一名作家，因为我需要讲故事。这是一种理解生活的方式。