Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

  • -- Umberto Eco 乌姆贝托生态

书不是为了让人相信,而是为了让人去探究。当我们思考一本书的时候,我们不能问自己它说了什么,而是它意味着什么……

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So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book's form hardened.

所以一个作家写了很多书。在每一本书中,他都有意提出几个紧迫而生动的观点,随着书的形式变得更加坚实,他牺牲了其中的许多观点。

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

只读一本书的人有祸了。