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.

Every discovery opens the door to a thousand new questions.

Memory is a kind of accomplishment, a sort of renewal even.

The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.

Justice is not a destination, it's a journey.

富人和你我不同——他们钱更多，同情心更少。