I would rather be ashes than dust,
I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze,
Than it should be stifled in dry rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor,
With every atom of me in magnificent glow,
Than a sleepy and permanent plant.
                                      -- By Jack London

寧化飛灰，不作浮塵。
舉投熊熊烈火，光盡而滅；
不伴寂寂朽木，默默同腐。
寧為耀目流星，迸發萬丈光茫；
不羨永恆星體，悠悠沈睡終古。

寧作飛灰滅，
豈可逐塵浮。
君看寒光耀目流星夜，
絕勝沉沉天際苦勾留。

那么久了居然沙发还在