I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but… — John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but I have good memories of my grandmother and of how she could play the piano at the old house.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.Mathematician · American · b. 1928

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