The most talented writer in the world is life itself and my books are alternative scenarios of what I read in it.

  • -- Barbara Rayne 芭芭拉·雷恩

世界上最有才华的作家是生活本身,我的书是我在生活中所读到的另一种情景。

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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.

嗯,任何人第一次尝试乘气球环游世界的可能性都不大。我们所有试图乘坐气球环游世界的人都是乘坐实验飞行器,因为这些飞行器无法进行测试。

Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.

那些我们熟悉但并不拥有的旧书横过我们的道路,邀请它们自己过来。新书试图用诱人的标题和诱人的封面每天引诱我们。

There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity.

在这个世界上,没有什么比集体活动更让我厌恶的了,那是一个公共浴室,在那里,毛茸茸的人和滑溜溜的人混杂在成倍增长的平庸之中。

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

有些书太熟悉了,读起来就像回到了家。

Read anything, as long as you can't wait to pick it up again.

读任何东西,只要你迫不及待地想再读一次。

Books belong to their readers.

书是属于读者的。