Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

  • -- Ezra Pound 以斯拉镑

正确地说,我们应该为权力而读书。人的阅读应该是人的强烈的生命力。这本书应该是一个人手中的光球。

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I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.

我对杂耍很感兴趣。这是唯一的一种纪律,就是在舞台上表演五分钟,这是我真正喜欢并看到自己在做的事情。我在上面买了书。

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.

文学是我们了解世界,并将价值观代代相传的安全而传统的载体。书拯救生命。

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.

读书对我来说是件很私人的事。我更愿意给某人一张书店的礼券,让他/她自己选书。

On a day like today, there's no friend like a book.

像今天这样的日子,没有比读书更好的朋友了。