A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
一本书永远不是杰作:它变成了杰作。天才是死人的才能。
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
许多书就像打开自己城堡中未知房间的钥匙。
I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.
我想是你年轻时读过的书永远陪伴着你。
A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.
文学学者不能通过书店，正如酒鬼不能通过酒吧一样。
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.
当我得到一点钱，我买书;如果还有剩余，我就买食物和衣服。
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
对于那些想要隐瞒真相的人来说，书籍和所有形式的写作都是恐怖的。
Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses.
大多数书都写得很好，几乎对读者的感官没有任何影响。
I spend many hours in conversation with wonderful characters from fantastic books.
我花了很多时间与神奇的书中的人物交谈。
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.
每个人都有一本书在里面，但在大多数情况下，它应该放在那里。
If the self-help books worked, it would be a shrinking industry not a growing one.
如果自助书籍起作用，这将是一个萎缩的行业，而不是一个增长的行业。
Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.
书就像镜子:如果一个傻瓜往里看，你不能指望一个天才往外看。
To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent.
在文学批评家看来，一本书在证明自己无罪之前是有罪的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
不再有用的旧书和不再给人带来快乐的老朋友，都不应该被抛弃。
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。
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
小说揭示了现实所掩盖的真相。
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。
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 is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
书是一种脆弱的生物，它经受着时间的磨损，它害怕啮齿动物、大自然和笨拙的双手。因此，图书馆员不仅要保护图书不受人类的侵害，还要保护图书不受自然的侵害，并把自己的生命奉献给这场与遗忘力量的战争。