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.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
——湖北军政府机关报《中华民国公报》刊有用孙名义发布之《中华民国军政府大总统孙》布告全国同胞书,1911年10月31日
挑战让我更强大。