"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
一个没有书的房间就像一具没有灵魂的躯体。
To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.
真正当代的唯一方式是成为不合时宜的。