We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
我们读书来发现我们是谁。其他人，真实的或想象的，做了什么，想了什么，感觉了什么……是我们理解自己是什么和可能成为什么样子的重要指南。