A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?
如果朋友的书不能借,那又有什么用呢?
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
实际上,我的第一次销售实际上是两本书。
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.
在图书馆里,没有空的书架能长久保持空着。
Deciding what to read is also a matter of filtering.
决定读什么也是一个过滤的问题。
My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.
如果我继续这样逃避现实,我的脑袋会爆炸的。
A room without books is like a life without meaning.
没有书的房间就像没有意义的生活。
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
的经典。这是一本人们赞美却不读的书。
A writer concocts a different story for every reader.
作家为每个读者编造一个不同的故事。
Break the spine of one of my books and I break yours.
打断我的一本书的书脊,我也打断你的。
If you eat enough books, you start pooping out words.
如果你吃了足够多的书,你就会开始吐词。
If books are not good company, where shall I find it?
如果书不是好伙伴,我到哪里去找呢?
There could be nothing so important as a book can be.
没有什么比一本书更重要的了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.
我第一次读到一本优秀的作品,对我来说就像交了一个新朋友;当我读一本我以前读过的书时,它就像一本旧书的相遇。
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
那些被世界称为不道德的书,是那些让世界感到羞耻的书。
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
如果你有一个花园和一个图书馆,你就拥有了你所需要的一切。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
过去是一个陌生的国度;他们在那里做的事情不一样。
A book tightly shut but is a block of paper.
一本书紧紧地合在一起,不过是一张纸。
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
我从来不想和一个写得比读得多的人交谈。