近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。
靠近水边楼台，能先看到月亮的投影；迎着阳光的花木，光照好发芽就早。
世界充满了故事，但我们选择讲述的那些故事定义了我们。
最好的建筑是那些随时间成长，优雅老去的建筑。
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'