A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
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。
If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books.
如果和平有一种气味,那一定是图书馆里满是皮面旧书的味道。
Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.
书和门是一回事。你打开它们,进入另一个世界。
I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
我不记得我小时候读过什么儿童读物。我没有接触过他们。
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
阅读一切好书就像与过去几个世纪最杰出的人交谈。
Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.
现在从中间开始,以后再学习开始;结局会自己解决的。
Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.
故事很重要…它们可能比任何东西都重要。如果他们携带真相。
Each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.
每当一个孩子打开一本书,他就推开一扇把他和其他地方隔开的门。
Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.
你的书是如此的特别和珍贵,以至于宣扬你的感情感觉像是背叛。
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。
Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do.
你看,我是一个很好的作家,不是我书里的每个人都像我一样说话。
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
无论你什么时候读一本好书,世界上总有一扇门会打开,让更多的光线进来。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.
贝琪回到她的椅子上,脱下外套和帽子,打开书,又一次忘记了这个世界。
From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story.
从火、水、时间的流逝、疏忽的读者和审查人员的手中,我的每一本书都逃过一劫,讲述了它的故事。
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。
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
一切书籍都可以分为二类,即:一时之书和永久之书。
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
如果一个人不能一次又一次地享受读书的乐趣,那么读书就毫无用处。
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.
优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。