贪婪的欲望会带来痛苦，舍弃贪欲才能获得真正的快乐。

"Istanbul’s fate is my fate: I am attached to this city because it has made me who I am."

The world is a dark place, but there's light in it too. You just have to look for it.

The design of algorithms is both an art and a science.

"I think the most important thing for a writer is to be honest and to write from the heart."

我无时无刻不对自己的所作所为深感内疚， 这不是因为我在这里（监狱），也不是讨好你们（假释官）。回首曾经走过的弯路，我多么想对那个犯下重罪的愚蠢的年轻人说些什么，告诉他我现在的感受，告诉他还可以有其他的方式解决问题。可是，我做不到了。那个年轻人早已淹没在岁月的长河里，只留下一个老人孤独地面对过去。重新做人？骗人罢了！小子，别再浪费我的时间了，盖你的章吧，我没有什么可说的了。