Concrete is not just a material; it is a vessel for light.
混凝土不仅仅是材料，它是光的容器。
如果每一天都过得很充实而富有意义，世间的岁月和时间，算起来还是蛮长的呢，然而终日埋头苦干，匆匆忙忙走过的人，哪里有功夫停下来思考这些道理；天地很开阔，世界很大，而人们往往局限于自己的视野和格局，只停留在很狭小的范围里；风花雪月原本无意，而附庸风雅的人却在那里自寻烦恼。
后悔是我们喝下的毒药，却希望别人会死。
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
想象力是对抗现实的唯一武器。
The novel is the great modern epic because it can contain everything: poetry, history, philosophy, politics.
生命的历史是变化的历史。
爱有时伴随着痛苦，但继续爱下去很重要。