"Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free"

“I constantly meet people who are doubtful, generally without due reason, about their potential capacity [as mathematicians]. The first test is whether you got anything out of geometry. To have disliked or failed to get on with other [mathematical] subjects need mean nothing; much drill and drudgery is unavoidable before they can get started, and bad teaching can make them unintelligible even to a born mathematician.”

Source : "Littlewood's Miscellany".

“If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things until your nerves unfold and you can finally put up your feet. But it can all be a lie. There are no guarantees, even when people mean what they say at the time. People change their minds. People die. And the hurt is as real as a baseball bat.”

“The fans always ask me, 'Is Si that crazy in real life?' and I said, 'No, hey, he tones it down for television.'”

“You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.”

“Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being.”

“I feel like I know how to write plot.”

Source : "‘Enlightened,’‘Girls’ And ‘Homeland’: Mike White On How His HBO Show Measures Up" by Maureen Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2013.

“Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.”

“Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act, making ourselves visible is a continual process.”