They are not monuments, but footprints. A monument only says, 'At least I got this far,' while a footprint says, 'This is where I was when I moved again.'
它们不是纪念碑,而是脚印。纪念碑只会说'至少我到了这里',而脚印会说'这是我再次移动时所在的地方'。
"To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret wounds that we carry inside."
I think that we communicate only too well, in our silence, in what is unsaid, and that what takes place is a continual evasion, desperate rearguard attempts to keep ourselves to ourselves.
The most important thing is that we develop an interest in the world and take joy in our fellow human beings.
The healthy social life is found when in the mirror of each human soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the community the virtue of each one is living.
The child is a reality in himself, and not merely a transitional being.