最好的故事是为读者留出空间的故事。

"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We don’t remember, we rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. To remember is to remake, to reimagine."

Art is a way of survival.

The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.

个体被简化为对他所期望的常规反应和操作模式的节点。

这种鹏鸟向南方的大海迁徙，拍打翅膀可以掀动三千里水面，乘着风势而上，直向九万里高空，离开北方南飞六个月，方才止息。山中浮动的雾气，空中弥漫的尘埃，都是因生物用气息相吹而形成。天深蓝，这就是它的本色吗？还是因为天无限高远，看不到边际？当鹏鸟俯视下界，所看到的也不过像这样而已。

"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."