Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them - and then, the opportunity to choose.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

世界称之为不道德的书籍，是那些展示了世界自身羞耻的书籍。

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends.

诗人是他时代的见证者。

"We are all exiles from our childhoods."