The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

唯一能影响我们的书是那些我们已经准备好了的书,它们在我们特定的道路上走得比我们自己还远。

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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

从长远来看,我们塑造了自己的生活,也塑造了自己。这个过程永远不会结束,直到我们死去。我们做出的选择最终是我们自己的责任。

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

爱自由就是爱别人;对权力的爱就是对自己的爱。

I won't be sad too often, if they bury me in the library with bookworms in my coffin.

如果他们把我和书虫一起埋在图书馆的棺材里,我也不会经常感到悲伤。

I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody.

我读书是因为一个人的生命是不够的,在书中我可以成为任何人。