To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

Writing is a way of making the past present.

我们看起来似乎痛苦的试炼，往往是伪装起来的好运。