Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.

  • -- William Temple 坦普尔

书籍和谚语一样,其主要价值来自它们所经过的时代的印记和尊重。

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No one else can speak the words on your lips. Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.

没有人能说出你嘴里的话。把自己浸在无言的话语中。张开双臂去生活。今天是你的书开始的地方。其余的还没有写出来。

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherazade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.

人们想要讲述一个故事,就像山鲁佐德一样,为了不死。这是人类最古老的欲望之一。这是一种拖延死亡的方式。