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.

关于未来，我们唯一能确定的就是它会有所不同。

I'm not going to let anyone bring me down.

一本书是一个花园，一个果园，一个仓库，一场聚会，一路上的伙伴，一位顾问，众多的顾问。

"The past is not dead. It is not even past."

故事的力量不在于其复杂性，而在于其与人类心灵共鸣的能力。