He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

  • -- Arthur Balfour 亚瑟·贝尔福

他只学了一半的阅读艺术,而没有加上更高雅的跳绳和略读的艺术。

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Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything.

不是漫画迷,而是置身其中,看到极端——这是非常严肃的。所以我试着尽可能多地学习,这样我就不会那么刻薄了。

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

这让人感到悲哀,因为当艺术家们在一种乐器上得到完善和训练时,这对人们来说就像一个惊喜——几乎是一种反常。这是人们最不愿意考虑的事情。

So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book's form hardened.

所以一个作家写了很多书。在每一本书中,他都有意提出几个紧迫而生动的观点,随着书的形式变得更加坚实,他牺牲了其中的许多观点。

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

在最高的文明中,书仍然是最高的乐趣。谁曾知道它的满足,谁就有了对付灾难的资源。

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

一本好书会使你心情沉重。它是一个锚,阻止你起床,再喝一杯杜松子酒和奎宁水。