Nobody understands when a woman makes a choice to marry and have children, in one way her life begins, but in another way, it stops. You build a life of details, and you just stop and stay steady, so that your children can move. And when they leave,they take your life of details with them. You are expected to move on again, but you don't remember what it was that moved you, because no one's asked you in so long.Not even yourself.

The theory of computation provides a foundation for understanding what can and cannot be computed.

诗歌之美在于：它说出了无法言说之事。

The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.

信仰是伟大的逃避，是逃避思考和评估证据需要的伟大借口。信仰是在缺乏证据的情况下，甚至可能是因为缺乏证据而相信。

El verdadero viaje no es buscar nuevos paisajes, sino tener nuevos ojos.