The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.

I'm the worst thing since Elvis Presley, to do Black music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.

生命的意义在于活得充实，而不在于活得长久。

Literature is a weapon against forgetting.

写作是从无到有创造东西的一种方式。