写作是理解混乱的一种方式。

朗兰兹纲领是对数学如何统一的一种愿景。

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

爱就是冒险一切，冒险一切才是真正的生活。

For me they normally happen, these career crises, often, actually, on a Sunday evening, just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow.

写作是对时间侵蚀的抵抗。