The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts in it. Anyone who can read, can learn to read deeply and thus live more fully.

  • -- Norman Cousins 卡森斯

一本书的阅读方式——也就是说,一个读者给一本书带来的品质——和作者在书中所写的东西一样,与书的价值息息相关。任何会读书的人,都能学会深入阅读,从而活得更充实。

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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

一个人的知识只局限于书本,而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中,当需要知识或财富时,他既不能使用知识,也不能使用财富。

I was never without a book, just in case there were empty moments to slip into a life that wasn't mine.

我从来没有离开过一本书,只是以防有空虚的时刻溜进一个不属于我的生活。