"The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?"

阅读是不动的旅行，写作是不旅行的移动。

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.

"The poet is the one who breaks the silence, who speaks first, who dares to speak."

The most successful societies in the future will be those that can combine the efficiency of market economies with the social cohesion provided by traditional values.