The longer life goes on, the fewer those around you to challenge your account of things, to remind you that life is not as you tell it, but as you remember it.

小说是将私人公开化、将个人普遍化的艺术。

文字的力量不在于它们的意义，而在于它们唤起情感的能力。

众所周知，同样的环境可能以非常不同的方式影响不同的个体。

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

这是我的人生，机不可失。

这就好像三军打败战，落伍的人还要求奖赏一样。