把这一句，留给此刻的你
If you are good, they say you are weak.
如果你很好，他们会说你很弱。
— Dejan Stojanovic 斯托扬诺维奇
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗A book without words is like love without a kiss; it's empty.
一本没有文字的书，就像一场没有吻的爱情;它是空的。
Andrew Wolfe
安德鲁·沃尔夫
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.
当我发现故事书是由人写的，书并不是自然奇观，而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候，我感到既震惊又失望。
Eudora Welty
韦尔蒂
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候，愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的，他的书是被人诵读的。’
Hilaire Belloc
贝洛克
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
世界是一本书，不旅行的人只读其中的一页。
Augustine of Hippo
希波的奥古斯丁
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by his characters, into presenting publicly his innermost feelings.
一本书，一本真正的书，是作者的忏悔室。因为，不管他愿不愿意，他的性格直接或间接地背叛了他，使他不得不公开表达自己内心深处的感情。
Nelson Algren
纳尔逊·阿尔格伦
From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story.
从火、水、时间的流逝、疏忽的读者和审查人员的手中，我的每一本书都逃过一劫，讲述了它的故事。
Alberto Manguel
阿尔维托·曼古埃尔