There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.

  • -- Robert G. Ingersoll 格索

书中有许多珍宝,是世界上所有的钱都买不到的,但是最贫穷的劳动者却可以免费得到。

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As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years when I was reading endless series. But in the end I became totally fed-up with all these sub-Tolkien rip-offs because they all end up doing the same old things and there's no rigour to it.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我真的很喜欢和精灵、妖精和刀剑一起读奇幻小说,有几年我经历了一个阅读无穷无尽的系列的阶段。但最后我完全受够了这些模仿托尔金的作品,因为他们最后都在做同样的事情,没有一丝严谨。

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

任何一本书,只要能帮助孩子养成阅读的习惯,使阅读成为他内心深处持续不断的需求之一,对他都是有好处的。

This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world.

这是她一生中唯一一次把书本作为走出牢房的门。他们成了她的半个世界。

I was taken up by books, as if by the strong arms of a parent I'd never known and had been badly missing.

我被书吸引住了,就像被一位我从未见过、也严重失踪的母亲的有力臂膀吸引住了一样。

The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story.

如果读者只能喜欢一个故事,世界将是一个非常悲伤的地方。

Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.

你想要安全吗?世界之巅没有安全。