Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

"Sometimes, the hardest thing and the right thing are the same."

诗人必须像一棵树，扎根于故土，从中汲取养分才能结出果实。

我曾经以为世界是按部落划分的。然后我以为它是按贫富划分的。然后我以为它是按愚蠢和聪明划分的。但现在我知道它是按活着的人和死去的人划分的。