每一部小说都是举向社会的一面镜子，映照出它的美与缺陷。

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

离散数学和连续数学之间的相互作用是一些最有趣的问题所在。

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

乌鸦般的交情，虽然看上去挺好，但实则不亲密；绳子结在一起，虽然看上去牢固，但能轻易解开。

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

译文：纵欲放荡、消极怠慢就不能勉励心志使精神振作，冒险草率、急躁不安就不能修养性情。

写作是一种自由的形式。