We profit little by books we do not enjoy.

  • -- John Lubbock 卢伯克

我们从不喜欢的书中获益甚少。

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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

文学为现实添彩,而不是简单地描述现实。它丰富了日常生活所需和提供的必要能力;在这方面,它灌溉着我们的生活已经变成沙漠的土地。

The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.

严肃作家的现实是许多声音的现实,有些属于作家,有些属于广大读者的世界。

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

有些人不会读书,但他们会读我的书。

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

今天能读的书,切莫拖到明天。