Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

We don't inherit the ocean from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

Writing is learning to die, learning to give everything away.

作家要么是隐居的实践者，要么是内疚的、有过失的人。

语言是存在之家。