作家的任务是使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。

爱情并不遵从我们的想象。爱情的神秘在于它的纯洁与纯粹。

Small-scale fishers are the backbone of coastal communities—their voices must be heard.

"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."