He started to look at me in a manner I recognized: it was the way I looked at a new book, one I had never read before, one that surprised me with all it had to say.

  • -- Alice Hoffman 爱丽丝·霍夫曼

他开始以一种我能认出来的方式看着我:那是我看一本新书的方式,一本我以前从未读过的书,一本让我惊讶不已的书。

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This ‘sense’ is not to be obtained by reading between the lines (for there is nothing there, in those white spaces), but by reading the lines themselves.

这种“感觉”不是通过阅读字里行间的文字来获得的(因为在那些空白的地方什么也没有),而是通过阅读字里行间的文字来获得的。

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

当我二十多岁身无分文的时候,我会先买书再买食物。一顿饭可以支撑你几个小时,一本好书可以支撑你一生。

A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.

文学学者不能通过书店,正如酒鬼不能通过酒吧一样。

Reading a good book helps us to feel unalone.

读一本好书有助于我们感到孤独。