I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously.

I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously.

我一生中的大部分时间都在努力写作，就好像我在为死后的人们读我写的句子。

-- Christopher Hitchens 克里斯托弗·希钦斯