With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

当真相被埋葬时，它仍在生长，虽被压抑，却积聚着这样一种力量，一旦爆发，它将炸毁一切，灰飞烟灭。

文学是一种通过说谎来讲述真相的艺术。

在不确定的时代，灵活性比长期计划更重要。

荀子所说的“伪”，是“人为”的意思。天生就有的是“性”，是人力无法改变的；通过后天的学习、努力可以改变的，就是“伪”。所以荀子主张“化性起伪”，通过自己能掌控的力量来改变已成定数的东西。