我们的房屋越充满光明，墙壁上就越渗透出幽灵。

追求数学知识是一场永无止境的冒险，充满了挑战、惊喜和解决不可解问题的满足感。

The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.

生命的历史是适应的历史。

The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open.

I'm not interested in playing the hero. I'm interested in playing the human.