最高的真理不需要称扬,最善辩的不需要言说,最仁爱的不需要显摆,最廉洁的不需要谦让,最勇敢的不会造成伤害。
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.
To live is to leave traces, and poetry is the most enduring of them all.