不成熟的诗人模仿；成熟的诗人偷窃。
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.
图书馆的存在本身就提供了最好的证据，证明我们对人类的未来仍可抱有希望。
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
文学的目的是将血液转化为墨水。
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
如果你没有深陷其中，你怎么知道自己有多高？
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
我们在知识中失去的智慧在哪里？我们在信息中失去的知识在哪里？
The journey, not the arrival matters.
重要的是旅程，而非到达。
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.
诗不是情感的放纵，而是情感的逃避；不是个性的表达，而是个性的逃避。
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
世界就是这样终结的，不是轰然巨响，而是一声呜咽。
Human kind cannot bear very much reality.
人类承受不了太多的现实。
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
最大的背叛是为了错误的理由做正确的事。
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.