"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."

True growth comes from balancing short-term gains with long-term vision.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.