The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.

  • -- George Gissing 乔治?吉辛

我第一次读到一本优秀的作品,对我来说就像交了一个新朋友;当我读一本我以前读过的书时,它就像一本旧书的相遇。

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These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing puts a horse so much upon his haunches, and consequently makes him so light in hand, as my new method of the pillar.

这些都是很好的教训,可以使他放松下来,使他的手变轻。但是,没有什么比我的新柱子法更能使马的腿发软,从而使他的手变轻了。

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。

I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that.

我杀不了鸡,也杀不了牛——那时候我也是个素食主义者——所以我想,我能杀什么呢?我不能杀这个也不能杀那个。

In the sea of words, the in print is foam, surf bubbles riding the top. And it's a dark sea, and deep, where divers need lights on their helmets and would perish at the lower depths.

在文字的海洋里,印出来的是泡沫,浪花的泡沫骑在上面。这是一片黑暗的海洋,而且很深,潜水员需要戴上头盔,在较低的深度就会死亡。

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

我认为写作基本上是关于时间和节奏的。像爵士乐。你有了基本的旋律,然后你就可以即兴演奏了。这些即兴表演都是关于时间的。

I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.

我想是你年轻时读过的书永远陪伴着你。

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

书并不能提供真正的逃避,但它们可以让你的大脑停止自我折磨。

I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face.

我不在乎别人认出我的脸多少次。

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

说谎是最简单的自卫方式。