The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

  • -- Christopher Morley 克里斯托弗·莫利

书的真正目的是使人的思想陷入自己的思考。

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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

我根本没有恃强凌弱的想法……在我看来,恃强凌弱者不能容忍相反的意见,专横跋扈,相当胆小。我希望在描述我的时候,没有一个词可以被公平地使用。

The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.

写一本书的全部目的就是要让人理解——如果别人写你,他们会试图猜测你为什么要这么做,或者他们从别人那里听到了什么。

People aren't used to thinking of cultural forms spreading out across the full range of formal interactions - or what is called the "text" in literary terms.

人们不习惯思考文化形式在所有正式的互动中传播开来——或者文学术语中的“文本”。

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, Oh, the book is better.

这本书是一部发生在读者心中的电影。这就是为什么我们去看电影时说,哦,书更好看。

Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.

书籍和电影就像苹果和桔子。它们都是水果,但味道完全不同。

You have no idea how hard it is to force myself to stop thinking about you, sometimes.

有时候,你不知道要强迫自己停止想你有多难。

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

邪恶之心,好像忿怒,将喜乐变为刑罚。

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

我唯一的目的是教孩子们反抗权威人物。

Books are portable companions. But so are midgets.

书籍是随身携带的伴侣。但侏儒也是如此。

Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.

睡眠很好,他说,书更好。