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Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author.
有些人借书;有些人偷书;还有一些人向作者索要演示文稿。
The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.
最值得同情的人是一个下雨天不会读书的寂寞的人。
The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.
我对我的读者的要求是他应该把他的一生都奉献给阅读我的作品。
My advice is to write during commercial breaks, and read while your favorite TV show is on mute.
我的建议是在广告时段写作，在你最喜欢的电视节目静音时阅读。
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.
尽你所能阅读所有的小说，尽你的一份力来拯救人类，使其不至于堕落回野蛮状态。
I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.
我今年评审了无数的奖项，所以我读了很多刚出版的书。
You are not in competition with anybody except yourself;plan to outdo your past not other people.
你不与任何人竞争，除了你自己;计划超越你的过去，而不是其他人。
The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...
孩子凭直觉就能理解，尽管这些故事不真实，但它们并非不真实……
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
要想读得好，一个人必须是发明家。然后是创造性阅读和创造性写作。
You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear; you will reach your destination.
亲爱的，你不可能一跃而起就达到最高的高度;你会到达你的目的地。
I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.
我宁愿读一本平庸的书，也不愿浪费时间和别人闲聊。
The best book is not one that informs merely, but one that stirs the reader up to inform himself.
最好的书不只是提供信息，而是激发读者去了解自己。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
'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。
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
如果你死后不会被遗忘，要么写一些值得读的东西，要么做一些值得写的事情。
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
没有作家的眼泪，就没有读者的眼泪。作家不感到惊讶，读者也不感到惊讶。
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
我发现电视很有教育意义。每次有人打开电视，我就去另一个房间看书。
When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.
当你老了，头发花白，睡意朦胧，在炉火旁打盹时，请取下这本书，慢慢地读，梦见你曾经眼神柔和，阴影深沉。
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
一本真正伟大的书应该在青年时读，在成熟时读，在老年时读，就像一座精美的建筑应该在晨光、正午和月光下看一样。