Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.

  • -- Laura Miller 评论者米勒

买一本书不是为了获得财产,而是为了保护一个门户。

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I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against.

如果我在读小说,我甚至会感到内疚,因为我觉得我应该再读一次荷马。我真的不知道什么是空闲时间,因为我没有什么东西可以衡量它。

I do lend my books, but I have to be a bit selective because my marginalia are so incriminating.

我确实借过书,但我必须有一点选择性,因为我的旁注太有罪证了。

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

还有比焚书更严重的罪行。其中之一就是不读。

My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

我最好的朋友会给我一本我没读过的书。