有了图书馆，你就是自由的，不受暂时政治气候的限制。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。
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.
Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as they change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.
小说让我们得以体验多重人生，透过不属于自己的眼睛看世界。
“唯一真正无限的是人类的想象力。”