In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn't change half way through a sentence like people, so it was easier to spot a lie.

  • -- Jeanette Winterson 温特森

在图书馆里,我感觉好多了,你可以信任的词,你可以看着它们直到你理解它们,它们不会像人一样在句子中间改变,所以更容易识破谎言。

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Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

书是完美的娱乐:没有广告,没有电池,每花一美元就能享受数小时的快乐。我想知道的是,为什么每个人都不随身携带一本书,去寻找生活中那些不可避免的死点。

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

语言就像x光一样,如果你正确地使用它们——它们可以穿透任何东西。你一看书就被扎了。

The point is, it didn't really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

重点是,这本书讲的是什么并不重要。重要的是它的意义。

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

为了生活,我们给自己讲故事。