The novel is a machine for generating meaning.

Collaboration and communication are as important as technical skills in the field of computer science.

I don’t count my sit-ups, I only start counting when it starts hurting.

And that's a lot of the reason why we care so much about our careers and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people. I don't think we are particularly materialistic. I think we live in a society which has simply pegged certain emotional rewards to the acquisition of material goods. It's not the material goods we want;

It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found.