The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.

Writing is a way of reclaiming one's voice.

"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, but others are allowed to read."

The Langlands program is a challenge to our understanding of the nature of mathematical truth.