The mind's first duty is to keep the organism going.

离别多年后，抑或再相逢。相逢何所语，泪流默无声。

Trust doesn’t mean that you trust that someone won’t screw up—it means you trust them even when they do screw up.

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

The poet’s mission is to translate the invisible into the visible.

现实总是比小说更丰富、更复杂。

过去是一个跟随我们的影子，但它不必定义我们。