作家的职责是讲述真相，即使它令人不安。

If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing hard enough.

这个世界的美和神秘只有通过情感、关注、兴趣和同情才能显现。

I feel most deeply that this whole question of Creation is too profound for human intellect.  

I don’t want to be safe. I want to be real.

The world is full of invisible threads connecting us all.