There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

一个渴望读书的人与一个疲惫的人之间有很大的区别。

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In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.

在所有伟大的戏剧时期,选择和题材的完全自由,个人对待的完全自由,以及观众渴望给予自己同情的倾听,即使涉及到指导,都带来了巨大的成果。

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'

自由女神像不再说:‘把你们可怜的、疲惫的、拥挤的群众给我。她拿着棒球棒大喊,“你想了解我吗?”

The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.

放弃的人一事无成,只会成为一种障碍。不放弃的人可以移山。

A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.

当一个刻板印象在很大比例的人看来符合它时,它就变成了刻板印象。

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.

你以为你的痛苦和心碎是世界历史上前所未有的,但后来你读了。

I just want someone. Someone i can call my own. I'm not desperate, i'm just tired of being alone.

我只是想要一个人。一个我可以称之为自己的人。我不是绝望,我只是厌倦了一个人。

Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.

让我们渴望离开熟悉的东西,去追求真实的东西。

A short sword for a brave man.

勇士的短剑。