To exist is to have a subjective existence.

阅读是不动的旅行，写作是不旅行的移动。

真相总是比小说更奇怪，因为小说必须讲得通，而真相不需要。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

译文：花开花落已两载，看着盛开的花，想到两年未曾回家，就不免伤心落泪。小船还系在岸边，虽然我不能东归，飘零在外的我，心却长系故园。

你是自己生活的讲述者，你可以创造自己的传奇，也可以不创造。