"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."

"Die Kunst ist die Tochter der Freiheit."

Every problem in mathematics is a puzzle waiting to be solved, and the joy is in the solving.

The awful shadow of some unseen Power floats, though unseen, among us.

I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actor.

作家的任务是照亮人类灵魂的阴影。