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Books - Reading
I don't read books.
我不读书。
I don't read a lot of books.
我不怎么读书。
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
每个人都是一卷书，如果你知道怎么读他。
The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.
我书里的话什么都没有，随波逐流的它什么都有。
Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
显然，人们读书是为了娱乐。
To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.
遇到一本好书并有时间去读它是一件美妙的事情。
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
聪明人就是从书中从生活的烦恼中得到安慰。
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
学习读书就是点燃一团火;每一个拼出来的音节都是火花。
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
不要只看简单的东西。你可能会从中得到乐趣，但你永远不会从中成长。
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.
职业评论家在工作中读了太多的坏书，以至于他们对引人入胜的语句产生了一种不健康的渴望。
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
感谢上帝赐予我们书籍;他们是远方和死者的声音，使我们成为过去时代精神生活的继承人。
A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.
一个家境贫寒的藏书家很可能经常遭罪。书不会从他手中滑落，而是在空中从他身边飞过，像鸟一样高，像价格一样高。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.
我认为，对于小说作家来说，重要的是在写作的时候保持对书的节奏和形式的意识。也就是说，他应该制造一个物体，而不是喋喋不休。
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
我们主要是通过书籍来享受与杰出人物的交往。在最好的书中，伟人与我们交谈，给我们他们最宝贵的思想，并将他们的灵魂倾注于我们。