Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity—it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
诗歌应当以优美的丰盈而非奇特来使人惊喜——它应当让读者觉得表达了他自己最高尚的思想,几乎像是一种回忆。
写作就是呼吸,呼吸就是生活。
历史的地理枢纽是世界上那些海权无法触及但却是陆权天然堡垒的区域。
The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.