"The only way to deal with the unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
对付不自由世界的唯一方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
文学的本质是捕捉人类经验的瞬息万变，并通过文字赋予它们永恒性。
The act of reading is an act of rebellion against the limits of time and space.
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'm not a prophet, I'm a messenger.
When you are young, you think that the world is a place where you can live as you choose. But as you get older, you realize that the world is a place where you have to live as you must.
The night is a great silence, but the stars are its music.
I don't sing to be perfect, I sing to be real.