A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
When I want to read a novel, I write one.
当我想读小说时，我就写一本。
All I have learned, I learned from books.
我所有的知识都是从书本上学来的。
We need knew knights, but without swords.
我们需要知道骑士，但不需要剑。
What we call life is only talk of nature.
我们所谓的生活只是谈论自然。
I have friends who read my books in Greek.
我有朋友读我的希腊文书。
Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.
有用的结尾必须是非决定性的。
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
书籍遵循道德，而不是道德书籍。
I was with book, as a woman is with child.
我读书，如同妇人怀孕。
Note to self: don’t throw things at girls.
提醒自己:不要向女孩扔东西。
He fed his spirit with the bread of books.
他以书的食粮充饥。
We profit little by books we do not enjoy.
我们从不喜欢的书中获益甚少。
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
书籍并非稀有的护身符和咒语。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.
你最后一次读书是什么时候?真相了。而且图画书不算数——我的意思是有印刷品的东西。
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。
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
小说揭示了现实所掩盖的真相。
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。
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。
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。