God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

  • -- William Ellery Channing 钱宁

感谢上帝赐予我们书籍;他们是远方和死者的声音,使我们成为过去时代精神生活的继承人。

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Books allow you to take flight, unlike the chicken wings I stapled to my back before eating them.

书能让你飞起来,不像我吃之前在背上钉的鸡翅。

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

一个人可以理解宇宙,但永远无法理解自我;自我比任何星星都遥远。

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

学习读书就是点燃一团火;每一个拼出来的音节都是火花。

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

每个人都是一卷书,如果你知道怎么读他。

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.

读一本书就像吃一块薯条。

Death is a distant rumor to the young.

对于年轻人来说,死亡是一个遥远的谣言。