The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it.
我们每天可支配的时间是有弹性的;我们感受到的激情会扩展它,我们激发的激情会收缩它。
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the totality of life.
生活中没有什么事情像你在思考它时认为的那么重要。
一本书是脆弱的生物,它承受时间的磨损,害怕啮齿动物、自然元素和笨拙的手。因此,图书管理员不仅要保护书籍免受人类的伤害,还要保护它们免受自然的侵害,并将一生奉献给与遗忘力量的斗争。