生活的目的不是快乐，而是有用、光荣、富有同情心，让你活得有意义、活得好。

We are all prisoners of our own lives, but some are freer than others.

"La literatura no es un espejo de la realidad, sino un martillo con el que darle forma."

绘画是用双手祈祷。

The task of the writer is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar.