7. Once upon a time, you would immediately change back into your clothes and head out the moment a friend called you to play after you had already returned home. Now, however, you might only respond with a lazy reluctance:
8. When you surpass others by just a little, they will feel jealousy; but when you surpass them by a great deal, they will feel admiration. To be envied is a sign of your excellence, but to envy others is a sign of your inadequacy.
9. At a certain age, a person should know themselves as well as the palm of their own hand: to know exactly their strengths and weaknesses, to know how far they can go, to foresee who they will become, and most importantly, to accept all of it.
10. I do not know if, in that cool and crystal rain, there is a drop falling for me; if, among those magnificent roses, there is a fragrant petal belonging to me; or if, in that gentle breeze, there is a gust smiling specifically at me.
11. Perhaps it was because I craved your deep gaze in a past life that I chose to use a lifetime of loneliness to carve our present onto the San Sheng Stone. I thought I could fulfill my long-held wishes in this life, only to realize that heaven's arrangement was merely my own wishful thinking.
12. Your eyes are like the moon in the sky—one like the first day of the lunar month, the other like the fifteenth. Good men help women understand the world, while bad men cause them to misunderstand it. Do not regret the past, do not waste the present; hold onto your dreams and face the future. Time is like sifting sand, washing away the superficial to leave behind only the essence. The things that make you sad today, you will one day recount with a smile. The most romantic and selfish words in the world are: "You are mine alone." And those who fear suffering are already suffering because of their fear.