Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

"Literature is the mirror of society."

You’ll never be able to please everybody, so just do what makes you happy.

理解代数簇的算术就是理解其中隐藏的对称性。