How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.

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.

在这个世界上，没有人能使你倒下，假如你自己的信念还站立的话。

比你的竞争对手更好地控制你的开支。这是你总能找到竞争优势的地方。