"The pictures are the first thing. The words come later."

"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."

有时候，生活中最难的事情是知道该跨过哪座桥，该烧掉哪座桥。

You build your life around the truth, and then the truth changes.

That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."