有了图书馆你就自由了，不受暂时政治气候的束缚。这是最民主的机构，因为没有人——绝对没有人——能告诉你该读什么、什么时候读以及怎么读。
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.
2008：贝索斯致股东信《逆向工作法 VS 技能导向法》
小说是揭示真相的谎言。
我们必须投资研究，使水产养殖更高效，对海洋生态系统的影响更小。
The writer’s job is to tell the truth.
工作室是一个让想法可以碰撞和变异的实验室。
True happiness comes from inner fulfillment.
I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed.