"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."

我不害怕坠入爱河，我害怕的是恋爱中我会变成的那个人。

如果你一开始就承诺你还没有的东西，你会失去为之努力的欲望。

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

The desire to be loved is perhaps the most deeply rooted of all our vanity.