Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了海洋；我们是从子孙那里借来的。

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

哲学是一门苦行僧的学科。

想象反事实的能力是区分人类和机器的关键。

To write is to make a pact with silence.