A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
Tearing your clothes, burning your books and torturing yourself only prove that you are nothing but a wild creature.
撕破你的衣服，烧毁你的书，折磨你自己，这只能证明你只是一个野生动物。
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。
Books are meat and medicine and flame and flight and flower steel, stitch, cloud and clout, and drumbeats on the air.
书是肉和药 火焰，飞翔，花朵 钢，针，云和影响力， 和鼓点的空气。
That was always my fear, that perhaps books would lead me astray, teaching me about a life that didn’t match reality.
那一直是我的恐惧，也许书会把我引入歧途，教我认识一种与现实不符的生活。
Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.
每一位读者的存在都是为了确保某本书适度地不朽。从这个意义上说，阅读是一种重生的仪式。
The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
事实上，据我所知，很少有小说家对改编自小说的电影感到满意。
Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.
写一本书不是一个简单的过程，也不总是令人愉快的，但它是生活中最令人满意的成就之一。
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
书中有许多珍宝，是世界上所有的钱都买不到的，但是最贫穷的劳动者却可以免费得到。
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.
当写作好的时候，一本书就变成了一面镜子。读者会看到一种不可思议的熟悉感，并做出相应的反应。
We collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector.
我们收集书籍的信念是我们在保护它们，而实际上是书籍保护了它们的收藏者。
The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
平装本很有趣，但我发现它永远也取代不了精装本——它的门槛很低。
Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.
收集书籍是一项全职工作，如果一个人把时间花在像阅读这样无聊的事情上，他不会走得太远。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
即使在文学和艺术领域，也没有人为原创而烦恼的人永远不会是原创的。相反，如果你只是想说真话(不在乎别人告诉你多少次)，十有八九你会在没有注意到的情况下变得原创。
Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
读一千本书，你的话就会像河流一样流淌。
We live and breathe words.
我们活着，呼吸着语言。
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。
I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.
我喜欢一切古老的东西:老朋友、旧时代、旧礼节、旧书、旧酒。
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。