小说是一面行走在路上的镜子，不仅反映世界，也反映读者的灵魂。
A novel is a mirror walking down the road, reflecting not just the world but the reader’s soul.
建筑中最重要的东西是创造一种地方感。
I do not like proper novels. In proper novels people say things like, ‘I am veined with iron, with silver and with streaks of common mud. I cannot contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus.’ What does this mean? I do not know. Nor does Father. Nor do the people who write these books.
解读：每个人都拥有内在价值与尊严，不能仅仅把他人当作达成某种目的的工具。在人际交往、社会合作乃至法律关系里，都要尊重个体的人格，基于这个理念，法律保障公民基本权利不受无端侵害。
The future is a story we are writing with every choice we make.
When we quarry with future generations in mind, stone becomes a bridge, not just a resource.
