Books have to be read; it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

必须读书;这是发现它们所包含内容的唯一方法。

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I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.

我对长角牛的看法不像对我所拥有的两支球队那样深刻,但作为一名球迷和体育版的读者,我看好长角牛。

My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination.

我的书是挽歌,从某种意义上说,它们是对一个国家的颂歌,就连我有时也认为,这个国家可能已经不复存在,只存在于我的记忆和想象中。

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

书就像一面镜子。如果驴往里看,你不能指望天使往外看。

The covers of this book are too far apart.

这本书的封面相隔太远。