The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives.

Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.

The world is not a pleasant place to be, but it is the only one we have.

理论计算机科学不仅仅是关于算法和数据结构；它是关于理解计算的基本限制。