The desert could not be claimed or owned–it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names.
沙漠不能被声称或拥有——它是一块由风携带的布，从未被石头固定，被赋予了一百个变化的名字。
War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
In Burkina Faso, we have a saying: 'A tree takes time to grow.' Good architecture also takes time.
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
I don't want to be as good as I was, I want to be better than I was.
我是世界上最幸福的人。也许其他人以前说过这样的话，但没有一个说得那么有道理。我甚至比简还要快乐；她只是微笑，我是大笑。
The best thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
写作是一种勇气的行为，一种面对存在混乱的方式。