"The fundamental fact about all of us is that we're alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real root cause of all our anger and pain."

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

The Langlands program is a framework for understanding the fundamental nature of mathematical truth.

"The magic of reading is that it allows us to live a thousand lives."