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.
书是一份永远不会失去价值的宝藏。
You'd say he did it to please the guards. Or maybe it's in order to do a good job with us. And I thought he was just to experience the feeling of a normal person again, even just for a short moment.
Creativity in science comes from connecting ideas that others haven't thought to connect.