The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.

Writing is my way of fighting against forgetting.

建筑不仅仅是关于形式，它还关乎许多其他事物。