The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.

  • -- Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。

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We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday.

我们都需要开始改变我们家人的饮食习惯。现在,每个人都喜欢周日大餐。包括我。这没什么不对的。问题是我们从周一到周六什么时候吃周日晚餐。

What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?

那海滨别墅的男主角呢?当他在书的末尾放下电话时,这意味着什么?我真的不知道,但我认为他会终生瘫痪。你不?

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

当我拿到一本我特别喜欢的书时,我是如此的热情,以至于我把它借给了一个再也不会还的人。

I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.

我想我永远不会放弃音乐。这是我的动力。如果没有音乐,就不会有写作。

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.

乱交就像从来没有读过第一页。一夫一妻制就像一遍又一遍地读同一本书。

Whitney and I have fun reading the newspaper sometimes. You'd be amazed at the places they say I've been.

惠特尼和我有时看报很开心。你会对他们说我去过的地方感到惊讶的。

Cakes are like books: There are new ones you want to read and old favorites you want to reread.

蛋糕就像书:有你想读的新书,也有你想重读的旧书。

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

好的照片没有规则,只有好的照片。

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

有些编辑是失败的作家,但大多数作家也是。

I cannot live without reading.

我的生活离不开阅读。