The higher I got, the more amazed I was by the view.

 

我爬得越高，眼前的风景便愈发迷人。

 

Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink. And some days they were a blazing orange setting fire to the clouds on the horizon. It was during one of those sunsets that my father's idea of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts moved from my head to my heart.

 

有时落日泛起紫红的余晖，有时散发出橘红色的火光燃起天边的晚霞。在这绚烂的日落景象中，我慢慢领悟了父亲所说的整体胜于局部总和的道理。

 

One’s character is set at an early age. I'd hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.