The past is the prelude, and the future is the expectation.
凡是过往皆为序章，凡是未来皆有可期。

Live a good life meet slowly .
好好生活 , 慢慢相遇。

The first step is always the hardest.
万事开头难。

没有依赖，没有精神寄托的时候，才是真正的自由。
No dependence, no spiritual sustenance, is the real freedom.

开花成灾的玫瑰，不是浪漫，而是荒芜。
Blooming roses are not romantic, but desolate.

人间是个好地方，但我不想以后再来。
The world is a nice place, but I don't want to come back again.

真诚算是古董级别，所以卖假货的太多了。
Sincerity is an antique level, so there are too many fake goods.

两个人都不愿意让步的时候，爱不爱已经没关系了。
When neither of them is willing to give in, it doesn't matter whether they love or not.

有什么好执着的呢？百年以后，这世界上是有你还是有我？
What's so persistent? A hundred years later, is there you or me in the world?

人生的本质就是为自己而活，所以把期待放在别人的身上，真的很不应该。
The essence of life is to live for yourself, so it's really wrong to expect from others.

雨太大的时候，撑着伞也会被淋湿。
When the rain is too heavy, holding an umbrella will get wet.

留不住的，索性就说再见吧，再纠缠就不好看了。
If you can't keep it, just say goodbye. It's not good to entangle again.

当你忙起来的时候，你会发现你什么都不缺。
When you are busy, you will find that you lack nothing.

I don't want to be someone that you're settling for. I don't want to be someone that anyone settles for.
我不想要你将就，我也不想成为将就的对象。——《西雅图不眠夜》

If in some distant place in the future
we see each other in our new lives,
I'll smile at you with joy and remember
how we spent a summer beneath the trees,
learning from each other and growing in love.
要是未来在遥远的某处，
我们再度相遇，我会对你微笑，
然后回忆起我们曾在绿荫之下共度某个夏日，
彼此学习，在爱中成长。
——电影The Notebook