Fiction is the lie that tells the truth.

The novel is a protest against the irreversibility of time.

It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.

真正的历史在于普通人的小故事中。

后见之明对历史学家乃至回忆录作者非常有用，但遗憾的是，实践中的政治家却无法拥有。

I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.