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A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.
短篇小说完全是另一回事——短篇小说就像陌生人在黑暗中亲吻。
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
他知道我爱我的书，就从我自己的图书馆里给了我许多书，这些书比我的公爵领地还要珍贵。
I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.
我从来没有读过或幻想过童话故事。我一直都很忙，像个孩子一样，在外面。
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
书是飞机、火车和道路。它们是目的地，也是旅程。他们都回家了。
It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.
如果一个人不愿意经常走动，那么他能在一个房间里装下这么多书真是令人惊讶。
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
如果你只看别人在读的书，你就只能想别人在想什么。
Books are the safest and greatest mind-altering substances in the world. But be safe; don't read and drive.
书籍是世界上最安全、最能改变思想的东西。但是是安全的;不要边读书边开车。
There is blessedness, fulfillment, upliftment, grace and rest for every genuine member of this God's family.
在这个神的家庭中，每一个真正的成员都有福份、成就、提升、恩典和安息。
She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.
她不太关心其他小女孩，但如果她有很多书，她可以安慰自己。
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
乱交就像从来没有读过第一页。一夫一妻制就像一遍又一遍地读同一本书。
Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.
想想看——作家独自写作，读者独自阅读，他们彼此独处。
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
当你翻到最后一页的时候，你知道你读了一本好书，你会觉得好像失去了一位朋友。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实。善于交谈的人;写一个严谨的人。
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
你永远找不到一杯足够大的茶或一本书足够长来适合我。
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。
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
没有道德或不道德的书。书要么写得好，要么写得不好。
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。
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
读书不是为了反驳和驳倒，也不是为了相信和想当然……而是要权衡和考虑。