书籍是释放我们理解他人的钥匙。
"Books are the keys to unlocking our understanding of others."
子贡说:“贫穷却不阿谀奉承,富贵却不狂妄自大,怎样?”孔子说:“可以。不如穷得有志气,富得有涵养的人。”子贡说:“修养的完善,如同玉器的加工:切了再磋,琢了再磨,对吧?”孔子说:“子贡啊,现在可以与你谈诗了。说到过去,你就知道未来。”
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
"A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time and space."
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.