庭院，擦洗锅碗、拆洗被褥，干干净净迎接新年。其实，人们借助"尘"与"陈"的谐音表达除陈、除旧的意愿。据典籍记载，上古就有年终扫除的习惯。

我不得不提醒自己，有些鸟是不能关在笼子里的，他们的羽毛太漂亮了，当他们飞走的时候，你会觉得把他们关起来是种罪恶，但是，他们不在了你会感到寂寞，可是我只是想我的朋友了。

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

弗兰克·德拉邦特

殖民地是一个新人类计划将被测试的地方，在那里一个无国界、无种族、无国家和无阶级世界的梦想将被实现。

"The colony is the place where the project of a new humanity is to be tested, where the dream of a world without borders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without races is to be realized, where the dream of a world without nations is to be realized, where the dream of a world without classes is to be realized."

阿基莱·姆本贝

不经巨大的困难，不会有伟大的事业。

伏尔泰

我们不怕艰难困苦，不怕流血牺牲，为了祖国的解放，我们勇往直前。

光未然

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.

最成功的人是那些擅长B计划的人。

查尔斯·科赫

领导力意味着倾听多于发言，行动多于承诺。

Leadership means listening more than you speak, and acting more than you promise.

加文·达比

聪明人有一个特点，就是善于把无价值的事做得有声有色，在玻璃鱼缸里游泳，也有乘风破浪的气魄。