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。
金融监管要在创新和稳定之间取得平衡。
教师的最大幸福就是把一群群孩子送往理想的彼岸。
Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.
——辛格1978年诺贝尔文学奖获奖演说