Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

"The act of writing is an act of resistance, a way to reclaim our voices and our stories."

在心理学领域，正常与异常之间的界限往往是模糊和主观的。

Be yourself, don't change yourself to please others.

成为一个诗人意味着拥有一个如此敏锐的灵魂，以至于没有任何品质的细微差别能逃过它的注意。