Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?
Powerlessness corrupts. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
"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."
The real challenge is to make something complex appear simple.