看待言语的一种方式是，它是一种不断掩盖赤裸裸的现实的策略。
One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
人世间的一切在我看来是多么可厌、陈腐、乏味而无聊！
——《致鲁赛尔函》（1906年11月8日）
爱是试图理解对方。
我没有任何特别的秘诀（用于开发新的证明）……这就是为什么做研究既具有挑战性又具有吸引力的原因。这就像在丛林中迷路，试图利用你能收集到的所有知识来想出一些新的技巧，并且如果运气好的话，你可能会找到出路。
I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.