生命最大的用途是将它用于比生命更长久的事物上。

To write is to confront the silence.

文学是一种对话，是与读者、与社会的对话。

——辛格1978年诺贝尔文学奖获奖演说

The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens.

In the act of writing, we confront our deepest fears and desires.