A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

  • -- George R.R. Martin 乔治R.R.马丁

一个读者在他死之前经历了一千次生命。从不读书的人只活一次。

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Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up.

早期,一个故事的意义和基本原理似乎很明显,但是当我写它的时候,我意识到我太了解这个意义/基本原理了,这意味着读者也会知道它——所以事情必须加快速度。

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

图书馆允许孩子们提出关于世界的问题并找到答案。奇妙的是,一旦孩子学会使用图书馆,学习的大门总是敞开的。

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

过了一定的年龄,阅读会使人的思想过分偏离其创造性的追求。读书太多而用脑太少的人会养成懒惰的思维习惯。

Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.

对现代读者来说,任何基于古代文本的东西都很难理解。