A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.
如果时间治愈了所有的创伤,一本书可以承载一个人的一生,那么你就可以用时间的纸浆加速这个过程。
I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.
我在公共图书馆里短暂地想让自己神圣化,我相信我灵魂中的每一条裂缝都可以被一本书修补。
Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.
尽管所有的日子不分季节都一样长,但有些日子不仅是季节性的,而且还因为它们提供的奖励而变长。
Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
书应该放在最能让人欣赏的地方,而不是坐在那里不读,被遗忘的书架上积满灰尘,你不同意吗?
Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?
我们当中有谁没有感觉到,我们在纸上读到的人物,比站在我们身边的人更真实?
I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
我不相信我的书里有这种魔力。但是我相信当你读一本好书的时候,一些非常神奇的事情会发生。
What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
伟大文学的美妙之处在于,它将读者转变为作家。
Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.
总的来说,图书馆里一片肃静的欢腾,仿佛珍贵的书籍都在它们的封面里无声地歌唱。
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
正确地说,我们应该为权力而读书。人的阅读应该是人的强烈的生命力。这本书应该是一个人手中的光球。
One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.
文学的一个便利之处是,尽管有版权,一本书既属于作者也属于读者。
A great book increases my heartbeat as if I’m prey, melts my insides in anticipation of a first kiss, immerses me in its depths.
一本好书让我心跳加速,仿佛我是猎物,在初吻的期待中融化我的内心,让我沉浸其中。
I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy.
我怀疑一个人是否曾经停止过爱,但是一个人可以很容易地停止恋爱,就像一个人可以很容易地摆脱一个从小就崇拜的作家一样。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
三思而后行。三思而后行。
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。
A book without words is like love without a kiss; it's empty.
一本没有文字的书,就像一场没有吻的爱情;它是空的。
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
你必须写出你想写的书。如果这本书对成年人来说太难了,那么你可以为孩子们写。
If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
如果一本书写得好,我总是觉得它太短了。
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!