A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
书
Book
It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
不被一本书冒犯是非常、非常容易的。你只要把它关上就行了。
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
买书是一件好事，如果我们也能买时间来阅读。
I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.
我想写一本奇怪的书，重建我独立的小出版社的根基。
Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer.
是的，在我的书中，我确实对自己进行了编辑，以免成为乡村讲解员。
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
书对愚蠢的人有用，就像镜子对盲人有用一样。
I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
我读书像疯了一样，但我很小心，让我读的任何东西影响我。
A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
一本书的开头都是一个我非常关心的形象、人物或情景。
A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.
树枝下的诗集，一壶酒，一条面包，还有你。
The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.
图书业发明文学奖项是为了刺激销售，而不是奖励有价值的人。
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
书能开阔你的思维，开阔你的视野，使你比任何东西都更强大。
His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.
他对书籍的知识在某种程度上削弱了他对世界的知识。
These books are here for an essential structural purpose. They are not for sale.
这些书在这里是为了一个基本的结构目的。它们是非卖品。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.
一本文笔优美的书就像一张魔毯，把我们带到一个我们无法以任何其他方式进入的世界。
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
书的好处在于被人阅读。书是由一些符号组成的，这些符号代表着其他符号，而这些符号又代表着事物。如果没有眼睛去阅读，一本书所包含的符号就不会产生任何概念;所以它是哑的。
A book that is shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
没有比读书更忠实的朋友了。
If a book is made up of things that are hard to believe, then we were like something out of a book.
如果一本书是由难以置信的东西组成的，那么我们就像从书中走出来的东西。
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
一本好书应该给你留下丰富的经验，让你略显疲惫。读这本书的时候，你应该多活几辈子。