“ The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. 优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。 Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫
“ Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. 修养之于心灵,犹如食物之于身体。 Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗
“ All good research whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession. 所有好的研究,无论是为了科学还是为了一本书,都是一种痴迷。 Mary Roach 玛丽·罗奇