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Books
Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.
她博览众书的名声就像史诗中那位多云的女神的信封一样笼罩着她。
There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.
世界上有太多的书不能在一个人的一生中读完;你必须在某个地方划清界限。
I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?
我试着把我的猫说的话翻译成书,但是喵喵有多少个同音异义词呢?
Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.
一切都如我所愿。我高兴地走进了历史书。然后一切就分崩离析了。
I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
我已经忘记了我读过的大部分东西,坦白地说,它对我和这个世界从来都不是很重要。
I was taken up by books, as if by the strong arms of a parent I'd never known and had been badly missing.
我被书吸引住了,就像被一位我从未见过、也严重失踪的母亲的有力臂膀吸引住了一样。
In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of this is me!
换句话说,这是一本你用怀疑的呼喊“这是我!”
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
结交好朋友,读好书,热爱美好的事物,尽你所能忠实地培养自己的灵魂和身体
With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.
我没有理由隐藏我的感受,也没有理由谈论我读过的书,但我仍然这么做。
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
读书有两种动机;第一,你喜欢它;另一个,你可以吹嘘一下。
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
你以为你的痛苦和心碎是世界历史上前所未有的,但后来你读了。
I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply there is a book.
我思考着故事和它们的逻辑,想知道是否存在一本书这样的东西。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
In a second-hand bookshop head to the back, find the old books with dust undisturbed and worn off covers for these clothe true treasures.
在一家旧书店里,你可以头朝后走,找到那些尘封已久的旧书,它们的封面完好无损,里面装的是真正的宝物。
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。
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!
我声明,毕竟没有什么享受像阅读!一个人对任何事情的厌倦都比厌倦一本书快得多!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
凡是有钱的单身汉,总想娶位太太,这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。
I do like to explore evil characters in my books.
我喜欢在我的书中探索邪恶的人物。
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
书是终极的哑巴:把它们放下,它们会永远等你;关注他们,他们也会爱你。