I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you.

In mathematics, our freedom lies in the questions we ask — and in how we pursue them — but not in the answers awaiting us.

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there.

...nothing cements a friendship like hating the same person.

Aren't we constantly discovering how mistaken some of our cherished beliefs were? That is what progress is. We learn continually to cast aside outgrown notions and adopt wiser and better ones.

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Lord, keep my memory green.

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve.

We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.

I was sure you 'd dropped the class, which made me selfishly ecstatic. Without even knowing i was doing it, i started looking for you on campus.

Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party.

I usually spend Valentines Day with my friends. But if I did have a girlfriend, I'd bring her flowers and candy.