We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful.

虚构比现实更真实，因为虚构让我们看到现实隐藏的东西。

对我来说，未说出口的东西具有巨大的力量。

古代的学者，为自己才学不高而担忧，就发奋学习，迎头赶上；现在的文士，为自己才学不高而羞愧，就隐满短处，避忌批评。

"Writing is a way to make sense of our place in the universe."

The photograph is literally an emanation of the referent. From a real body, which was there, proceed radiations which ultimately touch me, who am here.

Music helps me find my way and also lose it.