Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.

  • -- Donalyn Miller 唐娜琳·米勒

书是我们之间传递的情书(或道歉信),在我们的言语之外增加了一层对话。

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A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.

一本书读起来比我们自己的书更好,而且我们早就知道它了,所以我们知道它的斑点和狗的耳朵的地形,可以追溯到它里面的灰尘,因为我们在喝茶时读过它,吃过抹了黄油的松饼。

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

传统的好书通常是一本坏书,是我们已知的一个放松的沐浴。真正的好书无疑是一种创新的创造行为,在其中,我们,读者,成为同谋者。

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

当我写作的时候,我试着回想我害怕什么,或者对我来说什么是可怕的,试着把这些感受写进书里。

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

一本好书应该给你留下丰富的经验,让你略显疲惫。读这本书的时候,你应该多活几辈子。