用黄金打造的船不能在波涛汹涌的江面上航行,用玉雕琢的马不能驰骋在千里路途上。
The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.
The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet alone.
Your present state determines your future.
I couldn't remember the reason for living, and when I did it wasn't convincing.