When I finished reading this, I felt a pull to read it again starting from the beginning to learn all the nuances.
Some devastating lines:
“Li found me, his paunch slightly deflated now, a melancholy in his eyes replacing a depression that was there on our last meeting, depression and sadness being far more distinct than most realize, him looking better for the change.”
″For all your genius, you’re just a boy breaking his toys. You’ll never grow up, but you’ll grow old. Your beauty will fade. The naifs will roll their eyes at lines that would devastate from younger lips.”
But probably the one that hit hardest:
“I was friends with an American boy in college who read maths. He was clever like you are clever, cleverer as he actually got a medal in the IMO rather than just an honourable mention in the USAMO.”
When I finished reading this, I felt a pull to read it again starting from the beginning to learn all the nuances.
Some devastating lines:
“Li found me, his paunch slightly deflated now, a melancholy in his eyes replacing a depression that was there on our last meeting, depression and sadness being far more distinct than most realize, him looking better for the change.”
″For all your genius, you’re just a boy breaking his toys. You’ll never grow up, but you’ll grow old. Your beauty will fade. The naifs will roll their eyes at lines that would devastate from younger lips.”
But probably the one that hit hardest:
“I was friends with an American boy in college who read maths. He was clever like you are clever, cleverer as he actually got a medal in the IMO rather than just an honourable mention in the USAMO.”