数学是模式的科学，我们研究它们以理解事物如何运作。
Mathematics is the science of patterns, and we study them to understand how things work.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
The higher the monkey climbs, the more it shows its tail.
The novel is the art of the unfinished, the unresolved.
Sustainability is not an option; it's a responsibility we owe to future generations.