I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.

  • -- Franz Kafka 卡夫卡

我认为我们应该只读那些伤害我们的书。

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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.

这种对痛苦的恐惧是一种相当低级的本能,而且……如果我想到我所认识的人和我自己的生活,尽管如此,我想不起任何一个痛苦的例子,总的来说,没有丰富我的生活。

The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

我发现我的写作中最有价值的部分是当人们给我写信或在公共场合对我说话,告诉我他或她的生活是如何被我的书改变的。

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

买一本书不是为了获得财产,而是为了保护一个门户。

I didn't think anyone who had to demand respect ever got it.

我不认为任何要求尊重的人会得到尊重。