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.

你永远无法取悦所有人，所以不如做你自己。

Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

True courage is not the absence of fear, but moving forward despite it.

当你失败时，那就是你站起来再试一次的时候。没有理由就这样倒下。

预测未来的最好方法就是去创造未来。