I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.

  • -- James D. Sass 詹姆斯·D·萨斯

我宁愿读一本平庸的书,也不愿浪费时间和别人闲聊。

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A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.

一个好的图书馆永远不会太整洁,也不会太脏,因为总会有人在里面,把书从书架上拿下来,读到很晚。

Writers are not here to conform. We are here to challenge. We're not here to be comfortable—we're here, really, to shake things up. That's our job.

作家在这里不是为了随大流。我们是来挑战的。我们在这里不是为了舒适——我们在这里,真的,是为了改变现状。这是我们的工作。

If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person?

如果我能在一个不同的地方,不同的时间醒来,我能以一个不同的人醒来吗?

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

书是一面镜子:如果一只猿猴往里看,使徒几乎不可能往外看。

I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody.

我读书是因为一个人的生命是不够的,在书中我可以成为任何人。

We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one.

我们可能活在过去和未来的生活中,同时也活在现在。