“ A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. 在我们知识较少的时代,我们认为许多事情是迷信的或无用的,但今天经过检验证明,它们对人类具有极大的价值。 Lafcadio Hearn 小泉八云
“ We need books...because we are all, in the private kingdoms of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend. 我们需要书……因为我们都在自己内心的王国里,渴望有一个明智的、真正的朋友作伴。 Steve Almond 斯蒂夫·阿尔蒙德
“ Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. 人的思想被一种新思想所扩展,永远不会回到原来的维度。 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯,老。