最好的建筑既是谦逊的，又是英雄的。

作家的职责是扰乱平静，质疑不可质疑的，挑战现状。

The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, and quickens the whole body.

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.

文学是一种对话，是与读者之间的交流。