A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

  • -- Caroline Gordon 卡罗琳·戈登

一本文笔优美的书就像一张魔毯,把我们带到一个我们无法以任何其他方式进入的世界。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years.

我认为能够在磁带上捕捉到相同的东西,然后能够摆弄它,倒着播放,这很神奇;多年来我一直认为这很棒。

The more the words of others impressed him with their factual content, the more he felt he must wait for his own facts before being tempted into words.

别人的话越是以事实内容打动他,他就越觉得自己必须等待自己的事实,然后才会动口。

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

一般来说,书不会造成太大的伤害。除非你读了它们。然后他们造成各种各样的问题。

A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!

一篇文章可能会丢失;谎言是可以写出来的;但眼所见的是真理,仍存于心。

Magic happens when you fill up your own heart not when you wait for someone else to fill it up for you.

当你填满自己的心时,奇迹就会发生,而不是当你等待别人为你填满心时。

Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.

现在,书籍可以在交付格式化的手稿后的几天内上架,而且通常是这样。

Making a book is such a big enterprise.

制作一本书是如此大的一项事业。