"Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow."
我们误以为书能带来慰藉,其实它们只是加深了我们的悲伤。
"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."
古代善于写诗的人,并不自认为是诗人。他们胸中所积累的,高深、广阔、悠远;而偶然通过诗歌表达出来,那么诗歌也因此变得高深、广阔且悠远。
I am not a political person by nature. I don't think that writers are, or should be, political figures.