I find I'm so excited. I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border.I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope.

A fine remedy for our anxieties over our low status in society may be to travel—whether literally or figuratively, by viewing works of art—through the gigantic spaces of the world.

I'm a survivor, I'm not gonna give up, I'm not gonna stop, I'm gonna work harder.

What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.

如果你想飞，就必须放弃拖累你的东西。

不要害怕犯错误。如果你没有犯错误，你就没有足够努力。