Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.

飞蓬生长在麻地里，不用扶持也能挺立；白沙混进黑色泥土，也会跟着一起变黑。

The architect must be a poet, a builder, and a revolutionary.

人需要三项很重要的能力：坚持不放弃直至成功的能力，能够放弃不对的事情的能力，以及能够信任他人来帮助你鉴别以上两种情况的能力。