一本书是脆弱的生物，它承受时间的磨损，害怕啮齿动物、自然元素和笨拙的手。因此，图书管理员不仅要保护书籍免受人类的伤害，还要保护它们免受自然的侵害，并将一生奉献给与遗忘力量的斗争。
"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."
了解穷人的真实生活是设计有效政策帮助他们第一步。
I don’t like to be put in a box. I’m always trying to do something different.
解释：善于制造弓箭的工匠之子，必须先从编织簸箕开始；善于冶炼的工匠之子，必须从连缀皮裘开始。
我们不只是卖衣服，我们卖的是一种生活方式。
历史的地理枢纽是世界上距离海洋最远、因此最不受海权影响的地区。
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."