A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
改变生活的想法总是通过书籍来实现。
I'm not courting death; I've far too many books left to read.
我不是在找死;我还有很多书要读。
Nothing is inanimate; what is the rest is our interpretation.
没有什么是无生命的;剩下的是我们的解释。
She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.
她读书就像人呼吸空气一样,是为了充实和生活。
Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.
信仰是视力的问题;瞎子也能看见。
People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.
人们喜欢阅读关于罪恶和错误的书籍,但不是他们自己的。
A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.
一本书具有真正的力量来激发和安慰它的读者。
The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
白天的时间不够她想读的书。
Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!
每一本书都是一个伟大的行动,每一个伟大的行动都是一本书!
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
阅读有时是一种避免思考的巧妙方法。
You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book.
你是个陌生人,你想拿走我在图书馆的书。
My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching.
我的爱好一直是书籍、文学和教学。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.
所有的好书都有一个共同点——它们都比真实发生过的书更真实。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里,也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by his characters, into presenting publicly his innermost feelings.
一本书,一本真正的书,是作者的忏悔室。因为,不管他愿不愿意,他的性格直接或间接地背叛了他,使他不得不公开表达自己内心深处的感情。
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.
事实上,人们认为当你卖了很多书,你不是一个严肃的作家,这是对读者的极大侮辱。当人们试图说这样的话时,我有点生气。
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
你必须写出你想写的书。如果这本书对成年人来说太难了,那么你可以为孩子们写。
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
从真正意义上说,读过优秀文学作品的人比那些不会或不愿读的人活得更长。我们并不是只有一次生命;如果我们能读书,我们就能过上更多的生活,过上我们想过的各种各样的生活。