Language is the writer's only tool, and yet it's never enough.

衡量一个人的真正标准是他如何对待那些对他毫无益处的人。

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

The elegance of a mathematical proof often mirrors the efficiency of the algorithm it describes.

Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.

心有其理，理性难明。