“I am supposed to be helping her prepare for the GRE. Instead, we spend most of the time talking about color. The color of my clothes and shoes. The color of other people's clothes and shoes. The color of the… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“If I could go back in time, I would design apartments that could not echo. I would revoke sound's ability to echo in the first place. It is the echo and the dark matter that keep me up at night.… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“An atom is mostly made up of empty space. If you remove the empty space from every atom, the entire world's human population could… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“I am supposed to be helping her prepare for the GRE. Instead, we spend most of the time talking about color. The color of… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“A habit that forms from this is that I can ask Eric questions when he is asleep. Once I hear the first snore, I… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“Genetics aside, I don't see myself having kids. Not one? Eric asks. If I had one, I would want to have two, and if… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“The baby has become sentient. When we walk, she screams across the street at other babies, baby expletives, we think. Something along the lines… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half in liquid… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle states that to determine the precise location of a particle will only speed up the particle. The same goes for a… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“A Chinese proverb: Outside of sky there is sky, outside of people there are people. It is the idea of infinity and also that… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“In spoken Chinese, everything is gender neutral. There is no she or he. The more I think about this now, the more I like… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“Eric has said that I carry close to my chest a ball of barbed wire that I sometimes throw at other people.” — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“...You take for granted this distance, how close everyone is, a few hours' drive, from one relative to another and no need for a… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“What look?', I would ask. That look that I owe you something. That I've wronged you in some way. A pessimist. A constant speculator.… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“The only difference between a poison and a cure is dosage. Drink too much water and you will die. Inhale water and you will… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“I am certain that Eric will get the job. His career path is very straight, like that of an arrow to its target. If… — Weike Wang Copy Share Image
“But, I tell myself, Weight is just an artifact of gravity. If this were a jazz club on the moon, I would weigh less.” — Weike Wang Copy Share Image