Among thousands of people, you meet those you've met. Through thousands of years, across the boundless wilderness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late. There is nothing to be said except to ask lightly, "Oh, you're here too?"

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."

你不能只是坐下来写一本书。书不是那样写出来的。书是通过过你的生活，对世界开放，通过注意来写出来的。

"The purpose of art is to make the world a better place by helping us to see it more clearly."