The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

  • -- René Descartes 任_笛卡尔

阅读所有的好书就像与过去几个世纪最杰出的人交谈。

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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.

我有体质上的弱点,很容易被闪光灯分散注意力。如果房间里开着电视,我就不能和你谈话。我不吃,不睡,我只会和我的沙发融为一体。

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

我妈妈有一个很好的方法让我参与到关于我所做的选择的对话中,倾听,保持客观和开放的心态,尊重这些选择,只要它们不会让我处于危险之中。

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

我也是一个超级影迷,我亲眼目睹了逐字逐句地赞美这本书永远不会成为一部好电影。

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

阅读的能力唤醒了我内心深处对精神活力的渴望。

A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand.

铁路就像一个谎言,你必须不停地建设它,让它屹立不倒。

Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows it can read printed words!

哦,神奇的时刻,当一个孩子第一次知道它可以阅读印刷文字!

The only bad book was a book that didn't have any pages in it.

唯一的坏书是一本没有书页的书。

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.

我喜欢臭名昭著。我认为成为一个邪教是安全的。