传记作者的任务是复活过去，而非评判它。
The biographer's task is to resurrect the past, not to judge it.
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.
"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."
一个人能做的最好的事情就是帮助另一个人知道更多。
心灵是自己的地方，它本身可以把地狱变成天堂，把天堂变成地狱。