Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
一个人无论祈祷什么，总是祈祷着奇迹发生。每句祷告都能简化成“主啊，让二加二不等于四吧”。

——Ivan Turgenev
——伊万·屠格涅夫