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

  • -- Malcolm X 马尔科姆X

阅读的能力唤醒了我内心深处对精神活力的渴望。

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My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.

我的父母渴望我接受他们自己从未接受过的教育。他们不能引导我去读特定的书,但他们鼓励我去读,我随意地、强迫性地去读。

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

最重要的自由是做真实的自己。你用现实换取了一个角色。你放弃了感觉的能力,作为交换,戴上面具。

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

有些书应该浅尝辄止,有些书应该狼吞虎咽,但只有少数书应该彻底咀嚼和消化。

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

从你自己的几本好书开始你的生活是一件很棒的事情。

Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.

我们欺骗自己的能力可能是一个重要的生存工具。

Books belong to their readers.

书是属于读者的。