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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Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?

生活是艰辛的,很多人下班回家都很累。如果他们要花半个小时阅读,他们想要一些娱乐和成就感。这就是我给他们的。这就是我想做的。真的有那么错吗?

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

当我看着人群时,我看到了年轻人和老年人,黑人和白人——我能和这么多不同类型的人交流真是太神奇了。

When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.

当人们抱怨生活时,几乎总是因为他们对生活提出了不可能的要求。

Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.

尽你所能阅读所有的小说,尽你的一份力来拯救人类,使其不至于堕落回野蛮状态。

I have never been able to resist a book about books.

我从来都无法抗拒一本关于书的书。

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

三思而后行。三思而后行。