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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A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!

一篇文章可能会丢失;谎言是可以写出来的;但眼所见的是真理,仍存于心。

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

我有一个非常聪明的母亲。她总是把和我年级相当的书放在家里。

(Writing) - the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

(写作)-把裤子的座位贴在椅子上的艺术。

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

她善于引用别人的话,这是机智的有力替代品。

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.

继续阅读。这是任何人都能经历的最奇妙的冒险之一。

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.

对我来说,百科全书的魅力在于它知道——而我不需要知道。

We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

我们应该读书给我们的灵魂一个享受的机会。

He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

他不会,不会吗?然后把我的靴子拿来。

There is nothing new in art except talent.

艺术中没有什么新东西,除了天赋。

Human sympathy has its limits.

人类的同情是有限度的。