She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.

  • -- Annie Dillard 迪拉德

她读书就像人呼吸空气一样,是为了充实和生活。

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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy. This gives the experience of reading a sublimity and power unequalled by any other form of communication.

读书是一种思维敏捷的工作,要求很高,在理想的条件下终于产生一种忘我的境界。这给了阅读体验一种无与伦比的崇高和力量,任何其他形式的沟通。

A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own water, you work the handle with your own strength. You do this because you expect to get back more than you give.

一本书就像一个泵。它不会给你任何东西,除非你先给予它。你用你自己的水启动水泵,你用你自己的力量操纵手柄。你这样做是因为你期望得到的比你付出的多。

Every book you read may not save your life but some of them will.

你读的每一本书也许不能拯救你的生命,但其中一些可以。

I'm an open book. But some of the pages are stuck together.

我是个坦率的人。但是有些书页粘在一起了。

Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.

保持呼吸。继续做下去。很容易。进出。

I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.

我是氧气,他快窒息了。