A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
不要相信那些没有带书的人。
Books have souls. Or so romantics like me tend to think.
书有灵魂。或者像我这样的浪漫主义者倾向于这样想。
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
主动性是在没有被告知的情况下做正确的事情。
Words and a book and a belief that the world is words...
文字，一本书，还有一个信念，世界就是文字……
What kind of life can you have in a house without books?
在一个没有书的房子里，你能过什么样的生活?
I just write the books that I think I would want to read.
我只是写我想读的书。
I study men like I study books: I skim their midsections.
我研究男人就像研究书一样:我浏览他们的腹部。
For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face.
至少在那一刻，做别人脸上的微笑。
A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
一本书证明了人类有能力使用魔法。
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
小说必须坚持可能性。事实并非如此。
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
爱书是诸神所赐最精美的礼物之一。
The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.
书的功能是提供一种阅读体验。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The perception of beauty is a moral test.
对美的感知是一种道德测试。
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
当你没有必要读的时候，你所读的决定了当你没有办法的时候，你会成为什么样的人。
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
当我们不得不呆在原地的时候，阅读给了我们一个地方去。
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候，愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的，他的书是被人诵读的。’
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
读书不是为了反驳和驳倒，也不是为了相信和想当然……而是要权衡和考虑。
Literature is news that stays news.
文学是保持新闻的新闻。