A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

女性，不仅拥有心灵，也有思想和灵魂。她们不仅拥有美丽，也有理想和才能。我受够了人们总说女人只适合去恋爱。

Today is cruel, tomorrow is crueler, and the day after tomorrow is beautiful. But most people will die tomorrow night, so don't give up today.

小说应该是一本问题的书，而不是答案的书。

译文：能写文章的人，善于引用名言，虽只寥寥数语，却起到了画龙点睛的作用，使文章读起来更加优美、更加动人。

玛雅安吉洛在她的诗歌《我们的祖母们》中这样说。当我在这个世界穿行，我带上自己所有的历史——所有那些帮我铺过路的人都是现在这个我的一部分。