Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

音乐以其他事物无法做到的方式连接人们。

"Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more."

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

文学应该作为文学来评判，而不是作为社会文献。

在文学的领域里，没有界限，只有无尽的可能性。