The poet is a man who manages to be, in his own lifetime, what all men would like to be after their death.

文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时候是齐头并进的。

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.

每一本书都是一次旅程，每一次旅程都改变我们。

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths."