一本书是作者和读者之间的对话，一种超越时间和空间的对话。

The art of discovery is not in finding new lands but in seeing with new eyes.

Science fiction is the literature of change.

沙漠教会你水的价值，流放教会你家的价值。

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.