A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.

  • -- Siri Hustvedt 希莉·哈斯特维特

一本书是读者和读者之间的合作,最好的情况是,这是一个像其他任何故事一样的爱情故事。

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Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

在所有获取书籍的方法中,自己写书被认为是最值得称赞的方法。作家真的是那些写书的人,不是因为他们穷,而是因为他们不满意那些他们可以买到但不喜欢的书。

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

世界上有太多的书不能在一个人的一生中读完;你必须在某个地方划清界限。

There were no books in the Afterwards, which the people thought was some serious bullshit.

后来没有书了,人们认为那是一派胡言。

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

一般来说,对于灵魂来说,图书馆可能太窄,也可能太宽。