Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.

  • -- Alberto Manguel 阿尔维托·曼古埃尔

每一位读者的存在都是为了确保某本书适度地不朽。从这个意义上说,阅读是一种重生的仪式。

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There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

在这本书的前面有一个说明,说没有得到作者的许可,公众不得阅读。这件事应该做得比这困难得多。

The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.

严肃作家的现实是许多声音的现实,有些属于作家,有些属于广大读者的世界。

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

这是我写的第六本书,对于一个只读了两本书的人来说,这并不坏。

Nothing can compare to the feeling evoked by turning the page in a great book.

没有什么能比得上翻开一本好书的一页所唤起的那种感觉。