"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."
有了图书馆,你就是自由的,不会被暂时的政治气候所限制。它是最民主的机构,因为没有人——绝对没有人——能告诉你该读什么、什么时候读以及如何读。
任何艺术的最大问题都是创造一种存在感。
生活里有两个悲剧:一个是没有得到我们想要的;另外一个是得到了。
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.