A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

  • -- Italo Calvino 伊塔罗·卡尔维诺

经典是一本永远没有把它要说的话说完的书。

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Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying.

听别人说什么甚至不重要。但重要的是要让自己看起来像是在听别人说话。实际上,在我看来,听别人说话会妨碍你看起来像在听别人说话一样。

We believed in the existence in this country of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price and staked everything on it.

我们相信在这个国家存在着大量的以低价购买智能书籍的读者群,并把一切都押在了这上面。

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

我也是一个超级影迷,我亲眼目睹了逐字逐句地赞美这本书永远不会成为一部好电影。

There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

没有一艘战舰像一本书一样把我们的土地带走,也没有一艘骏马像一页跳跃的诗歌。

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

我很反常。如果有人告诉我必须读书,我马上就不愿意去读了。

I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.

我喜欢放松和看电影,尤其是那些经典的黑白电影。

There are few nicer things than sitting up in bed, drinking strong tea, and reading.

没有什么比坐在床上,喝浓茶,读书更好的事情了。

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

这是我写的第六本书,对于一个只读了两本书的人来说,这并不坏。

I may be falling in love with you, But i'm too scared to say anything to you.

我可能爱上了你,但我太害怕了,不敢对你说任何话。

If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

如果你要重拍一部电影,不妨重拍一部经典之作。