成为一名作家就是在每一天的寒冷时分坐在桌前写作；而不是等待天才的蓝色火焰从胸骨中喷涌而出。
When you’re young, you presume there’ll be many people with whom you’ll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.
处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.
Literature is the memory of humanity, and without memory, there is no identity.
文学是反映人类最深欲望和恐惧的镜子。
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