The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.

The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

小说中的每个角色都是对人性的某种实验。

我们不是从祖先那里继承海洋，而是向子孙借用它。

The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.

除非一个人绝对诚实地问自己在类似情况下是否可能做出同样的事，否则他不应评判他人。

艺术不仅仅是关于美学；它是文化、历史和身份之间的对话。