"The poet's job is to find the words that will make the invisible visible."

写作就是在一个不断试图扼杀真相的世界里自由呼吸。

——1997年7月30日在拉斯维加斯美国全国州长协会大会上发言

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

The world is full of signs and wonders, but we are blind to them.