小说的真实不在于它是否发生过，而在于它是否可能发生。

贫困陷阱的核心：今天的饥饿偷走了明天的生产力。

I disapprove of what you say， but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

"El miedo es el territorio más fértil para la imaginación de un escritor."

Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has none.