"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."

Be yourself and you can be anything.

The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than the knowledge itself.

最有力的艺术是让我们感到不安的艺术，它迫使我们面对我们宁愿忽视的东西。