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.

  • -- William Goldman 威廉姆·高德曼

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。

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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.

当我们阅读一个故事时,我们会沉浸其中。这本书的封面像一个屋顶和四面墙。接下来要发生的事情将发生在故事的四面墙之内。这是可能的,因为故事的声音使一切成为自己的。

As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.

当我回顾我的生活时,我意识到每次我觉得自己被拒绝的时候,我实际上是被重新引导到更好的地方。

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people, some of the time, but you can fool yourself anytime you need to badly enough.

你可以一直愚弄一些人,也可以在某些时候愚弄所有的人,但你可以在任何需要的时候愚弄自己。

In books there’s nothing of the fish covered in the coldness of the sea, or the feeling of a star touching space. Bad for business.

书中没有鱼被冰冷的大海所覆盖,也没有星星触摸空间的感觉。对企业不利。

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

经典是一本永远没有把它要说的话说完的书。

We read to know that we are not alone.

我们读书是为了知道我们并不孤单。