"We are all just passing through, leaving traces of ourselves behind like footprints in the sand."

我对英雄不感兴趣，我对幸存者感兴趣。

记忆是我们唯一不能被驱逐的天堂。

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

2004年夏天从波尔图来到伦敦，出席俱乐部为他安排的记者招待会所说。