Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

  • -- David Baldacci 戴维·鲍尔达奇

为什么人们不能坐下来读书,对彼此好一点呢?

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Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

在所有获取书籍的方法中,自己写书被认为是最值得称赞的方法。作家真的是那些写书的人,不是因为他们穷,而是因为他们不满意那些他们可以买到但不喜欢的书。

Well, I don't know. It's long, it's longer than both of the other books put together, so it's more ambitious. I think I get under the skin of the people a lot more than in the other books.

嗯,我不知道。它很长,比其他两本书加起来还要长,所以它更有野心。我认为我比其他书更能触及人们的内心。

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

没有一群人都在等待同样的事情,他们能够进行自然的交谈。即使他们在等的只是一辆出租车。

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

阅读一切好书就像与过去几个世纪最杰出的人交谈。

Books deliver information so that experience has a chance to exercise creativity.

书籍传递信息,让体验有机会发挥创造力。

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

一个小时的阅读并没有减轻我所遇到的任何困难。