People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.

  • -- Barbara Kingsolver 芭芭拉?金索佛

人们读书是为了逃避生活的不确定性。

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Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.

睡眠使人更平静,更警觉,更少恐惧——仅仅是更快乐,或者我看到我的周围和我的内心。我相信,如果这个伟大的国家集中精力获得更多的睡眠,我们将成为一个更快乐、更自信的民族,这本身将是一个重大成就。

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.

我不在乎别人喜不喜欢我。我活着不是为了赢得人气大赛。我在这里是为了做最好的自己。

Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.

伟大的著作之所以伟大,部分原因在于它们对读者提出的要求:它们不容易遇到,也不容易评估。

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

我迫不及待地跳进书里。人物的生活比我自己孤独的心跳有趣得多。

I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.

我阅读一个人游泳的方式,以挽救他或她的生命。我也是这么写的。

Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much.

不要在意那些付出太多的人。