文学是一种通过说谎来讲述真相的艺术。

教育是我们减少不平等和促进社会流动的最有力工具之一。

Words are like shadows, and shadows are like words: they say nothing, they only repeat what we want to hear.

The duty of literature is to disturb, to question, to undermine certainties.

I try to create a world that feels real and lived-in.

我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。