In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
机械师应当坐在杠杆、螺丝、楔子、轮子等中间,就像诗人坐在字母中间一样,将它们视为他思想的展示。
"A writer's duty is to illuminate the shadows, to give voice to the silenced."
I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell.”
我要告诉你我要做什么,以及我不做什么。我不会再为我不再相信的东西服务,无论它自称是我的家、我的祖国还是我的教会。我要尽力通过某种生活或艺术的方式,自由而完整地表达自己,用我允许自己使用的唯一武器来捍卫自己——沉默、流亡和狡黠。