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Books
Books are to me as homemade tattoos are to an inmate. Can't get enough of them.
书之于我,犹如自制纹身之于囚犯。我怎么也吃不够。
Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and what I haven't read.
通常在一个潮湿的日子,我开始计算;我读过的和没读过的。
A house without books must be sad. Even sadder a house of books without people.
没有书的房子一定很凄凉。更可悲的是,一个没有人的书屋。
She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.
她喜欢书的味道,书的感觉,书架上的样子。
I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.
我想立即阅读。唯一的恐惧是书的结局。
When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.
当你整天处理书的时候,每一本新书都是一个朋友和一个诱惑。
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.
买一本书不是为了获得财产,而是为了保护一个门户。
I prefer a huge tome to a sharp epigram: only blunt words can hurt dull people.
比起警句,我更喜欢大部头的书:只有直率的言辞才能伤害迟钝的人。
A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.
一本书是一件极好的礼物。虽然它可能会磨损,但它永远不会变老。
A book is a companion. I don't feel so alone in bed when I have a book with me.
书是伴侣。当我带着一本书躺在床上时,我不觉得那么孤单。
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
新书最糟糕的地方是,它们让我们无法阅读旧书。
I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.
我再也听不到优美的散文所发出的音乐了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
因此,让我们温柔而仁慈地珍惜知识的手段。让我们敢于读、想、说、写。
Books are the mirrors of the soul.
书籍是心灵的镜子。
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
世界是一本书,不旅行的人只读其中的一页。
We live and breathe words.
我们活着,呼吸着语言。
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.
当我们阅读一个故事时,我们会沉浸其中。这本书的封面像一个屋顶和四面墙。接下来要发生的事情将发生在故事的四面墙之内。这是可能的,因为故事的声音使一切成为自己的。