Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

书籍是文学的金钱,但只是科学的计数器。

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One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what we call by that name.

文学史上最著名的,也是最难理解的事实之一是,至少在西欧文学中,散文式小说很晚才出现,而在两种伟大的古典语言中,我们所谓的散文式小说却相对缺乏。

When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

当我意识到我阅读有困难时,我不好意思去寻求帮助。一些老师相信我,但我只是没有把注意力放在学习上——我喜欢音乐,并试图取悦我的父亲。

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

这本书是关于物理的,它是关于物理的,它是关于物理和数学之间的关系,以及它们是如何紧密相连的,你能在多大程度上探索这种关系,并相信它。

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

一本好书会使你心情沉重。它是一个锚,阻止你起床,再喝一杯杜松子酒和奎宁水。

Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that.

音乐像绘画和文学一样丰富了人们的生活。每个人都值得。

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

我在高中的时候当过一段时间的骗子。