The historian must have some kinship with his subject. The dead will not speak unless they are properly addressed.
Theorems are the milestones of mathematics.
Writing is a way of making sense of the world.
Family is my anchor, my inspiration, and my greatest blessing.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
写作就是直面我们内心的未知。