假设生活会非常艰难，然后问自己能否承受。如果答案是肯定的，你就赢了。

文学应该让安逸者不安，让不安者得慰。

建筑是为有意义的生活创造有意义空间的艺术。

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.

文学要么具有颠覆性，要么就不该存在。