你花所有时间试图找回被夺走的东西时,更多的东西正从门口溜走。
"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."
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
"When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas."
Art is not just about beauty; it’s about truth, even when that truth is uncomfortable.