The true opponent, the enfolding enemy, is not the Russians but their own stupidity.

The Langlands program is a testament to the interconnectedness of mathematical ideas.

I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

"The beauty of literature lies in its ability to transcend time and space."

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

The silence between them was heavy, filled with unspoken words and unresolved emotions.