写作是一种对抗遗忘、对抗死亡的方式。
Writing is a way of fighting against oblivion, against death.
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.
"In the end, we are all alone, and that is the most terrifying truth of all."