Architecture must be rooted in the past but look towards the future.

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.

自由民主制度可能并不完美，但它是我们拥有的最好的制度。

Pressure can either burst pipes or make diamonds.

Music is reflection of self. We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.

In solitude, we discover that our being is enough.

记忆是我们唯一不能被驱逐的天堂。

解释：货卖完了才知道不足，是由于不懂得计量；事情结束了才知道有余，是由于不懂得调节。

The rest of the world quieted into nothing. In that moment, after ten long years, Celaena looked at Chaol and realized she was home.