A truly good book is something as natural, and as unexpectedly and unaccountably fair and perfect, as a wild flower discovered on the prairies of the west or in the jungles of the east.
一本真正的好书,应像在西部草原或东方丛林中偶然发现的野花一样自然,美好而完满得出人意料、难以解释。
— Henry David Thoreau · Walking —