The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

我爱她是违背常理，是妨碍前程，是失去自治，是希望破灭，是断送幸福，是注定要尝尽一切的沮丧和失望的。可是，一旦爱上了她，我再也不能不爱她。

"The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be different."

We don't inherit the ocean from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.