There are moments when the body is as numinous as words, days when the bones are words.

Never underestimate the power of a simple idea.

我写作是为了不消失，为了在这个抹去一切的世界留下痕迹。

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

Money is not the key to happiness, but it helps.

The poet's task is to illuminate the darkness with the light of words.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.