想要行善的人在门外敲著门:爱人的,看见门是敞开的。
The study of Shimura varieties is a testament to the power of geometric intuition.
真相并不总是我们想听到的。
我不能也不愿生活在谨慎的世界里,至少作为作家不行。我向你保证,我宁愿如此——那样生活会更容易。但不幸的是,谨慎不适合小说家。
History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.
The purpose of architecture is to create a conducive environment for life to flourish.
写作是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得它不重要,你就不会费心去做。
The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
The Soviet man was a man who was always waiting—for rations, for orders, for the end.