Materials have memory; they carry time and stories.

形容时光飞逝，人生易老，鸡鸣和马蹄声象征着时间的流逝

The most important thing is to stay true to your vision.

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.

写作是在时间上留下印记。

宇宙充满奥秘，而我的艺术是我探索它们的方式。

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

一个人如果不讲信用，不知道他怎么能立身处世？就像牛车没有了輗，马车上没有了軏，还靠什么行走呢？