"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."

The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.

优雅不是可有可无的奢侈品，而是决定成功与失败的品质。

I've always been a dreamer, and I think that's the most important thing in life—to dream.

Every novel is an experiment.

Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall, but, my friends, the hour is yours.

You have to be willing to fail to succeed.

学习Lisp是值得的，因为当你最终理解它时，你将获得深刻的启蒙体验；这种体验将使你在余下的日子里成为一个更好的程序员，即使你实际上并不经常使用Lisp本身。

When power is scarce, a little of it is tempting.

The intersection of mathematics and computer science is where some of the most exciting discoveries are made.

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing—not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens.