The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

大量的印刷品已经把阅读变成了一种吞咽而不是品味的过程。

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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

从真正意义上说,读过优秀文学作品的人比那些不会或不愿读的人活得更长。我们并不是只有一次生命;如果我们能读书,我们就能过上更多的生活,过上我们想过的各种各样的生活。

Music has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes. I'm not aware that someone has turned on a tape machine - I'm in another world.

音乐给我带来了人生中一些最美好的时刻。我甚至听不到音乐。我甚至听不到音符。我不知道有人打开了录音机——我在另一个世界。

Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.

欣赏艺术的乐趣之一,就是在某种程度上与艺术家所使用的决策过程以及作品中嵌入的记录保持同步。

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry.

与许多作家对这一过程的暗示相反,没有人强迫作家把自己的作品卖给电影行业。

A good book is an event in my life.

一本好书是我生命中的一件大事。