I don't want to be a martyr, I want to be a survivor.

文学毫无用处，正因如此它不可或缺。

The clouds over the land now rose like mountains, and the coast was only a long green line with the gray blue hills behind it. The water was a dark blue now, so dark that it was almost purple.

The past is never just the past. It is always a foundation for the present.

我是自猫王以来最糟糕的事情，如此自私地做黑人音乐。