Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

  • -- Gustave Flaubert 福楼拜

不要像孩子那样,为了自娱自乐而读书,也不要像有抱负的人那样,为了受教育而读书。不,为了生活而读书。

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There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of intellectual refugees.

窗户上没有窗帘,书架上放不下的书像一群智力难民一样堆在地板上。

My advice is to write during commercial breaks, and read while your favorite TV show is on mute.

我的建议是在广告时段写作,在你最喜欢的电视节目静音时阅读。

Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.

等待把男人变成谷仓里的熊,女人变成口袋里的猫。

On a day like today, there's no friend like a book.

像今天这样的日子,没有比读书更好的朋友了。