The book is not an end in itself, it is a means of evocation.
The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way.
事实是,我们都在受苦,但我们受苦的方式不同。
最糟糕的监狱不是有墙和栏杆的监狱,而是我们思想中的监狱。
我不会逃避我的过去,我只是不带着它前行。
我们都是自己欲望的囚徒。