Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
大多数人都从众，他们的思想是其他人的意见，他们的生活是一场模仿，他们热衷于引旁人所述。
The architect must be a master of light and shadow.
The city is like a great palimpsest, a manuscript that has been written and rewritten over the centuries.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
我不知道是妈妈对，还是丹中尉对，我不知道，是否我们每个人都有，注定的命运，还是我们的生命中只有偶然，像在风中飘。但我想：也许两者都有吧，也许两者都在同时发生着。
I'm not a person who dwells on the past.
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.