"The power of fiction lies in its ability to make us feel less alone."

I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

Poetry is the language of a state of crisis.

It's important to speak up for yourself and what you believe in.

读书人虽然有书本知识，但最根本的还是在于把书本知识变为实际行动。

建筑应该属于它的时代，但不应该追求时尚。