书籍是桥梁——连接人与人、地方与地方、时代与时代。
Books are bridges—between people, places, and times.
The act of painting is a way of thinking.
Neither power nor wealth, only the scepters of art endure.
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.
The novel is the only art form capable of fully representing human complexity.