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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I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them.

有时候,我觉得儿童读物里的问题越来越严峻,但我不知道自己是否想让三四年级的学生背上沉重的负担。

We are thickly layered, page lying upon page, behind simple covers. And love - it is not the book itself, but the binding.

我们是厚厚的一层,一页一页地躺在简单的封面后面。爱——不是书本身,而是书的装帧。