Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.

  • -- Yann Martel 扬·马泰尔

书是一种社会性的东西——一个作家对读者说话——所以我认为把读书作为一个社会活动的中心,一个读书俱乐部的聚会,是一个绝妙的主意。

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I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.

我不认为哀叹世界现状有什么意义,除非你能想出什么办法来改善它。否则,就不要写书了;去找一个热带岛屿,躺在阳光下。

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

惠特尼想要消除这样一种想法,即在语言的例子中,我们面对的是一种天生的能力;事实上,社会制度与自然制度是对立的。

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.

死亡是痛苦的,但是没有经历过死亡的想法是无法忍受的。

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

我试着把赚到的钱都当作是最后一次赚钱。

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

书籍让我们进入他们的灵魂,向我们敞开我们自己的秘密。

I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup.

当我给我的孩子们做一碗汤的时候,我觉得自己是最有用的。