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

  • -- James Baldwin 鲍德温

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。

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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

书的好处在于被人阅读。书是由一些符号组成的,这些符号代表着其他符号,而这些符号又代表着事物。如果没有眼睛去阅读,一本书所包含的符号就不会产生任何概念;所以它是哑的。

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.

当我发现故事书是由人写的,书并不是自然奇观,而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候,我感到既震惊又失望。

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

人的愚蠢来自于对每件事都有答案。小说的智慧来自于对每件事都有疑问。

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

先读最好的书,否则你可能根本没有机会去读它们。