Why does a person own a dog?”“For security, I guess...For the security of knowing that there's at least one creature in the world who likes you.

译文：古庙里黄叶堆积，寒雨萧瑟;青山上的荒坟笼罩着白云。为什么自从离开朱仙镇，就再也没听到岳飞将军胜利的消息?

做数学的过程比结果更重要。

The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one's office for a job.

You can't change the past, but you can shape the future.

在小说领域，每个角色都是人类状况的反映，是我们自身复杂性和矛盾的镜子。