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.

阅读是一场无尽的旅行，每一页都是新的发现。

I don't want to be a role model. I want to be a human being.

Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

我要告诉你我要做什么，以及我不做什么。我不会再为我不再相信的东西服务，无论它自称是我的家、我的祖国还是我的教会。我要尽力通过某种生活或艺术的方式，自由而完整地表达自己，用我允许自己使用的唯一武器来捍卫自己——沉默、流亡和狡黠。

没有人能以纯净的眼光看待世界，他所看到的一切都被特定的习俗、制度和思维方式所过滤。