The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

Architecture should not shout. It should whisper to people's lives.

To be a good writer, you have to be a good reader first.

The novel is a mirror carried along a high road.

"Capitalist realism insists on treating mental health as if it were a natural fact, like weather (and, incidentally, it is no coincidence that the mental health of so many deteriorates during the winter months)."