The most profound insights in mathematics often come from unexpected analogies.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

爱是用心去欣赏；欣赏是用理智去爱。

文学真正的美在于它让我们感到不那么孤独的能力。

"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its virtues and vices, its hopes and fears."

Success is a series of small victories.

大多数人的问题在于他们用希望、恐惧或愿望来思考，而不是用他们的头脑。