All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.

  • -- John Ruskin 约翰·罗斯金

一切书籍都可以分为二类,即:一时之书和永久之书。

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For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

对我来说,已经被一个单亲家庭的一部分,知道这只是我和我的妈妈,你第二天醒来时间和希望你能与你的母亲因为她想确保我照顾。但我只关心她在家。

The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.

一个班的医生摸了摸病人就走了,只开了药方。当他们离开房间时,他们只是让病人吃药。他们是最穷的医生阶层。

Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!

我不仅不知道自己是谁,而且对那些知道自己是谁的人非常怀疑。我有时一天有十到十二个人,有时一小时有四到五个人!

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

我声明,毕竟没有什么享受像阅读!一个人对任何事情的厌倦都比厌倦一本书快得多!

The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.

翻页书的想法仍然吸引着我。小说和非小说的概念。

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

我们把更多的精力放在帮助人们进入老年,而不是帮助他们享受老年生活。

I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.

我从来没有考虑过工人阶级除了一些可以摆脱的东西之外还有什么。

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

一本书就像一幅风景画,是一种随读者而变化的意识状态。

I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing.

我只认识两种观众——一种咳嗽,另一种不咳嗽。

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

年轻时我们遇到困难。我们年老时遇到困难。

Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.

许多人能写书,也写过书,但许多人无话可说。

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

用时间来衡量的演讲将随着时间而消亡。

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

我只害怕两件事:懒惰和胆小。

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

很多时候,最大的和平来自投降。