過(guò)去不是監(jiān)獄，而是跳板。
The past is not a prison but a springboard.
過(guò)去從未消逝，它甚至還未成為過(guò)去。
Writing is a way of fighting against oblivion, against death.
Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her look like a public building.
"The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom."