In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

在最高的文明中,书仍然是最高的乐趣。谁曾知道它的满足,谁就有了对付灾难的资源。

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I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

我爱书。如果它们是好书,我更爱它们。但即使它们是坏书,我仍然爱它们。

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

如果你只看别人在读的书,你就只能想别人在想什么。

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?

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

阅读的能力唤醒了我内心深处对精神活力的渴望。