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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
平装本很有趣,但我发现它永远也取代不了精装本——它的门槛很低。
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube.
但是对于漫画来说,你是在同时阅读和吸收一个图像,而不是仅仅阅读或看电视。
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。
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。
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.
从我拿起你的书直到我把它放下,我笑得前仰后合。有一天我打算读它。
I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.
我小时候长过很多青春痘。有一天我在图书馆睡着了。当我醒来时,一个盲人正在看我的脸。
I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things.
我比以前读得更多了。我以前觉得它很无聊,但是现在它就像我的小朋友一样,让我忘记了很多事情。
No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
不管你认为自己有多忙,你都必须找时间读书,否则你就会陷入自己选择的无知之中。
What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!
能像我爱书一样爱书,能与死人交谈,能生活在虚幻之中,这是多么幸福啊!
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
如果你读了很多书,你就被认为读得很好。但是如果你看很多电视,你就会被认为没有被很好地观看。
When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.
当我拿到一本我特别喜欢的书时,我是如此的热情,以至于我把它借给了一个再也不会还的人。
A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.
一本好书随时可以买到;它可能会被倒出并喝上一百遍,但它仍然在那里,以供进一步的吸收。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
养成读书的习惯,就是为自己建造一个避难所,使自己免受生活中几乎所有的不幸。
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。
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
因此,让我们温柔而仁慈地珍惜知识的手段。让我们敢于读、想、说、写。
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
那些被世界称为不道德的书,是那些让世界感到羞耻的书。
When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.
当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。