A house without books must be sad. Even sadder a house of books without people.

  • -- Manuel Rivas 曼努埃尔·里瓦斯

没有书的房子一定很凄凉。更可悲的是,一个没有人的书屋。

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As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years when I was reading endless series. But in the end I became totally fed-up with all these sub-Tolkien rip-offs because they all end up doing the same old things and there's no rigour to it.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我真的很喜欢和精灵、妖精和刀剑一起读奇幻小说,有几年我经历了一个阅读无穷无尽的系列的阶段。但最后我完全受够了这些模仿托尔金的作品,因为他们最后都在做同样的事情,没有一丝严谨。

People should decide 'are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?' I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money - they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet.

人们应该决定“你愿意花这么多钱去火星吗?”“我认为地球上的普通人永远不会花那么多钱——他们必须把钱花在有意义的事情上,这无疑是在拯救我们的地球。”

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

毫无疑问,历史小说是教授历史的最好方法,因为它们讲述了历史事件背后的人类故事,并让读者产生想要了解更多的欲望。

Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.

大多数人走了,我希望世界和平。但是混乱在平衡世界上的光明和黑暗方面有一席之地。我不知道我是否希望世界和平。

I do not read for I have renounced life, I read because one life is just not enough for me.

我读书不是因为我放弃了生活,我读书是因为一次生命对我来说是不够的。

Books were my passion and my escape from madness.

书是我的激情,是我摆脱疯狂的方式。