夜晚是一座伟大的寺庙，但星星是它的蜡烛。
The night is a great temple, but the stars are its candles.
The greatest architecture is born from necessity.
他的诗，如同几何圆规般，画著圆，时而亲密贴近，时而广及全球，唯一不变的是，圆规的尖端总是插定在囚室里。
A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time.
我们对显而易见的事物视而不见，而且对自己的盲目也视而不见。
文字有治愈和毁灭的力量。
The human mind is a machine for self-deception; we see what we want to see.
The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the hidden side of things. They bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language—the word 'enthusiasm'—en theos—a god within.
