Every truly artistic creation has been conceived independently of time and space.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

沙漠之所以美丽，是因为在它的某个角落隐藏着一口井水……

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Bigness is no longer part of any urban tissue. It exists; at most, it coexists.

The best fiction makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar.