It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

  • -- Salman Rushdie 鲁西迪

不被一本书冒犯是非常、非常容易的。你只要把它关上就行了。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

我爱书。我喜欢你打开一本书,沉浸其中的那一刻,你就可以逃离这个世界,沉浸到一个比你的故事更有趣的故事中去。

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

现存的十分之九的书都是胡言乱语,而聪明的书则是对那些胡言乱语的驳斥。

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

我喜欢书籍,就像守财奴喜欢财宝一样,因为我知道我可以随时享受它们。