The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.

我们一生都在等待开始某事的理想时刻，却没有意识到理想时刻是我们决定开始的时刻。

处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

数学发现的过程与发现本身同样重要。