A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Reading
Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading.
有时我想,天堂一定是一个不断的未枯竭的阅读。
You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it.
你被赋予了使命!你已经拥有了完成它所需要的一切。
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.
对我来说,百科全书的魅力在于它知道——而我不需要知道。
In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.
在书中,我不仅游历了其他的世界,而且进入了我自己的世界。
A good bookshop is just a genteel black hole that knows how to read.
一个好的书店就是一个懂读书的高雅黑洞。
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
没有比读书更便宜的娱乐,也没有比读书更持久的乐趣。
Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.
大多数档案保管员不喜欢惊喜。这就是我们过去工作的原因。
I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.
我通过阅读那些我希望自己曾经写过的书来学习写作。
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
你从文学作品中得到的答案取决于你提出的问题。
One can fight money only with money! from my Tale Of The Rock Pieces.
一个人只有用金钱才能与金钱斗争!从我的岩石碎片的故事。
Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.
读译诗就像隔着面纱亲吻一个女人。
Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.
正确地了解情况是安全度过难关的一部分。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
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。
Literature is news that stays news.
文学是保持新闻的新闻。
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
的经典。这是一本人们赞美却不读的书。
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
三思而后行。三思而后行。
I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.
我希望在我的书中,我能帮助孩子们看到他们的优点,并向他们展示我对他们偶尔可能经历的事情有一些了解。尤其是在棘手的时刻,回到过去逃避事情比向前面对事情更容易。