This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

  • -- Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特·哈伯德

除非我们买书的钱比买口香糖的钱还多,否则我们永远不会成为一个文明的国家。

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For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all the secrets locked inside.

我一时心烦意乱。书总是这样对我……我喜欢奶油色的书页,墨水的味道,所有被锁在里面的秘密。

I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they'd once belonged to the sea.

我想起了我的那堆旧平装书,书页摇摇晃晃,就像它们曾经属于大海一样。

There are countless circles of hell; believers never penetrate the ninth circle.

有无数的地狱;信徒永远无法进入第九圈。

If you read fast and read all, maybe some of the sand will stay in the sieve.

如果你读得很快,读完所有的书,也许有些沙子会留在筛子里。