It has been one of the greatest and most difficult years of my life. I learned everything is temporary - moments, feelings, people, flowers. I learned love is about giving everything and letting it hurt. I learned vulnerability is always the right choice because it is easy to be cold in a world that makes it so very difficult to remain soft. I learned all things comes in two - life and death, pain and joy, sugar and salt, you and me - it is the balance of the universe.

What language is thine, O sea?

The language of eternal question.

What language is your answer, O sky?

The language of eternal silence.

“海水呀，你说的是什么？”

“是永恒的疑问。”

“天空呀，你回答的话是什么？”

“是永恒的沉默。”

Some unseen fingers, like an idle breeze, are playing upon my heart the music of the ripples.

有些看不见的手，如懒懒的微风似的，正在我的心上奏着

潺潺的乐声。

They taught me the meaning of loyalty that you should never forget anyone that you loved.

忠诚的意义在于我们不应该忘记爱过的每一个人。

——节选自《忠犬八公的故事》

Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.

忧思在我的心里平静下去，正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

我喜欢夜晚。没有黑暗，我们永远都看不见星星。

——节选自《暮光之城》

Once we dreamt that we were strangers.

We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。

我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。

Is life always this hard,or is it just when you are a kid?

人生总是那么痛苦吗？还是只有小时候是这样？

Always like this.

总是如此。

——节选自《这个杀手不太冷》

It wasn't what I saw that stopped me, Max. It was what I didn't see. You understand that? What I didn't see. In all that sprawling city there was everything except an end.

阻止了我的脚步的，并不是我所看见的东西，而是我所无法看见的那些东西。你明白么？我看不见的那些。在那个无限蔓延的城市里，什么东西都有，可惟独没有尽头。

——节选自《海上钢琴师》

Her wistful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。