In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

The masses are not a referent, they are an object.

增长永远不应以质量或道德为代价。

A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

我们人民的故事就是土地的故事，它们是一体的。

The great challenge of the modern world is to create institutions that are strong enough to govern effectively but also accountable and responsive to the needs of citizens.