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

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.

Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.

oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions

We are so afraid of the idea of having to die… that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn…

I chart a little first-list of names, rough synopsis of chapters, and so on. But one daren't overplan; so many things are generated by the sheer act of writing.

Whenever a new president comes in, people that are used to the previous president wonder if he has the same capacity.

Whatever I'd say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I've ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician.

Be winged arrows aiming at fulfillment and goal.

Love doesn't care who your parents are.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.