城市的穷人就像树的根：看不见，但对生存至关重要。
The city's poor are like the roots of a tree: unseen, but essential to its survival.
外交不仅仅是国家之间的事务，它也关乎人类整体的命运和未来。
成功不仅仅是获胜，而是永不放弃。
绘画是一种忘记生活的方式。它是夜晚的呼喊，是扼住的笑声。
I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
The act of writing is an act of resistance against forgetting.