为了知识本身而追求知识，对正义的近乎狂热的热爱，以及对个人独立的渴望——这些是犹太传统的特征，让我感谢命运让我属于它。

一本书是由一个词开始的旅程。

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

文学是被边缘者的声音。

人分这么几种：不认识，认识，熟人，朋友，知心朋友。朋友不在当面表白，而是背后说起朋友的时候，是否提到过你。

理论物理学是一种形而上学。

Every experiment, whether successful or not, is a step toward understanding.

有时候最简单的歌曲最难写。