The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

  • -- John Greenleaf Whittier 惠蒂埃

书的精华不在于它所包含的思想,而在于它所暗示的思想;正如音乐的魅力不在于它的音调,而在于我们心灵的共鸣。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

Tearing your clothes, burning your books and torturing yourself only prove that you are nothing but a wild creature.

撕破你的衣服,烧毁你的书,折磨你自己,这只能证明你只是一个野生动物。

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

没有读过的书对任何人都没有好处。故事发生在读者的脑海中,而不是印在纸上的符号之间。

The first chapter sells the book. The last chapter sells the next book.

第一章卖这本书。最后一章卖下一本书。