If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.

To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.

I'm not like them, but I can pretend.

Adventure should be 80 percent planning and 20 percent sheer guts.

永远不要停止学习，因为世界永远不会停止变化。

But all these stars are silent. You-you alone-will have the stars as no one else has them…