有了图书馆,你是自由的,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."
Architecture is not just about creating buildings, but about creating atmospheres.
真相是,我们都有自己的现实版本,有时候很难调和两者。
世界充满了简单、明显而美丽的事物,以至于人们竟然还会去发明任何东西,这真是令人惊奇。
作家的职责是说出真相,即使它令人不适。
The proletariat is the universal class, the class whose radical chains are capable of bursting asunder.