最好的程序是这样写的：计算机可以快速执行它们，人类可以清楚地理解它们。理想情况下，程序员是一位散文家，他使用传统的美学和文学形式以及数学概念来传达算法的工作原理，并说服读者结果是正确的。

在奥斯维辛之后写诗是野蛮的。

小说是作家和读者之间跨越时间和空间的对话。

"It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined."

I'm at a payphone trying to call home, all of my change I spent on you.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

她是灰烬与火焰的继承人，她不会向任何人低头。