A finished tale may give a man immortality in the light and literary sense; but an unfinished tale suggests another immortality, more essential and more strange.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

一个完成的故事可以使一个人在光明和文学意义上永生;但一个未完成的故事暗示着另一种不朽,更本质,也更奇怪。

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How do you explain to a non reader that books aren't just things but treasured friends? Companions?

你如何向一个不读书的人解释,书不仅仅是东西,也是珍贵的朋友?同伴吗?

Writing is more than a gift. It is a struggle that blesses those who see it through to the end.

写作不仅仅是一种天赋。这是一场斗争,祝福那些坚持到底的人。

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

平庸的人认为自己写得很好;一个好的头脑认为它的写作是合理的。

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

没有比读书更忠实的朋友了。