"我写作是为了让不可见的东西变得可见。"

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

正是在我们最黑暗的时刻，我们必须集中精力看到光明。

我觉得自己先是一个诗人，然后才是个音乐家。我活着像个诗人，死后也还是个诗人。

The narrative of economic progress must include the voices of those who have been left behind.

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.

思想，在理解和想象的程度上，都是被动的。