Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

书就像被囚禁的灵魂,直到有人把它们从书架上取下来,释放它们。

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If you asked me now who i am, the only answer i could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest : my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, i can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those i once so desperately wished to be.

如果你现在问我是谁,我唯一能确定的答案就是我的名字。至于其他的:我的爱,我的恨,甚至到我最深的渴望,我再也不能说这些情感是我自己的,还是从我曾经如此绝望地渴望成为的人那里偷走的。

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.

我在公共图书馆里短暂地想让自己神圣化,我相信我灵魂中的每一条裂缝都可以被一本书修补。

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

我曾经因为腐败而看不起这个世界,但现在我却因为腐败的绝对壮丽而崇拜它。

One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.

成功的回报之一就是自由,你可以做任何你喜欢做的事。

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

你不能把自由分割成碎片,因为自由要么是全部,要么什么都不是。

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

没有比读书更忠实的朋友了。