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.

  • -- E. B. White E.B.白

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。

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I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.

我想要的是那些在书中占据相同领域的搞笑和令人心碎的东西,因为我认为它们在生活中经常占据相同的领域,就像我们试图把它们分开一样。

Reading is perception as translation. The inert signs of an alphabet become living meanings in the mind.

阅读是感知的翻译。字母表的惰性符号在人们的头脑中变成了鲜活的意义。

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

你要记住,当你评价这本书的时候,这本书也在评价你。

One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.

一个作家每天都会死一点,其中之一就是他的书绝版。