Architecture is a social art; it must serve people first.

I'm not a person who gives up on my worth.

写作是一种治疗方式；有时我想知道那些不写作、不绘画、不创作音乐的人如何逃离人类与生俱来的疯狂、忧郁和恐慌。

畜牧业的创新不仅仅是技术问题；它关乎理解动物和农民的需求。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

"La literatura debe incomodar, debe hacer preguntas, no dar respuestas."