A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
每部小说都是举向社会面孔的一面镜子——有时它映照出美好,更多时候它显示出我们试图忽视的裂痕。
山中有长得直的树,世上却没有直的人。
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.
智者从敌人那里学到的比愚者从朋友那里学到的还要多。