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.

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.

最好的发现是那些提出的问题比它们回答的还要多的发现。

我认为我一生中从未感到无聊。总有事情可以思考。

"Art is not about what you see, but what you make others see."

故事就像咒语，它们有魅惑和改变的力量。