As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

模形式的算术是理解数论更深层次结构的关键。

整个科学不过是对日常思维的提炼。

The mind is a constantly evolving process.

To write is to rewrite.

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.