And when you do I want you to know this， remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you’re down there in the hole， it looks like failure. So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.

理解一个国家的首要条件是去闻闻它的气味。

诗歌只是生命的证据。如果你的生命燃烧得好，诗歌只是灰烬。

生活是一份礼物，它赋予我们特权、机会和责任，通过变得更多来回报一些东西。