A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

真正的书不是我们读过的书,而是能读懂我们的书。

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And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.

有些诗人更擅长即兴朗读,因为他们不擅长演讲。我特别想到了一位我不愿指名画姓的诗人,他读起来枯燥无味,你的眼睛开始耷拉下来。

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

很久以前,一群人就什么是真实的什么不是达成了一个普遍的共识,从那以后,我们大多数人都同意了这个观点。

It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen.

有趣的是,只有当你在屏幕上看到真实世界的颜色时,它们才会显得真实。

I read like the flame reads the wood.

我读书就像火焰读木头。