人生是由运气、偶然和一点点勇气构成的。
人生は、運と偶然と、ちょっとの勇気でできている。
Literature is the memory of humanity.
I do not want to be a star. I do not think that the way I live is something that should be imitated.
The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.