If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

  • -- Francois Mauriac 莫里亚克

如果你想告诉我一个人的心,不要告诉我他读了什么,而要告诉我他重读了什么。

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I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.

我没有任何学术背景,但我住在一个大学城,我认识一些人,他们并非没有伪装。镇上有个想法,如果是欧洲的东西就好了。

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

不要向感情屈服太多。在这个摇摇欲坠的世界上,一颗过于敏感的心是一件不快乐的财产。

It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.

就像心脏移植一样。我们试图把大学教育灌输给他,但他的脑袋拒绝了。

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

一旦你读了一本你喜欢的书,它的一部分就会一直伴随着你。

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

哪里的人性像书店那么脆弱?

I cannot live without reading.

我的生活离不开阅读。