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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里，也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。

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It's weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it's just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it's a lot more emotionally raw.

它比其他的书更奇怪，更令人惊讶。我认为有更多的地方，它只是更多的现实弯曲，故意这样。我认为这在情感上更原始。

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The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.

这场疾病，以及我的兄弟们的英年早逝，让我意识到——而不仅仅是思考——今天做你想做的事是至关重要的。

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

经验要求人是唯一一种吞噬同类的动物，因为我无法用更温和的词来形容富人对穷人的普遍掠夺。

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I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

我很惭愧地得知，在美利坚合众国，出售一本书可以成为调查的对象，也可以成为刑事调查的对象。

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And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.

如何达到清晰?主要是通过找麻烦和写作来为人们服务，而不是给他们留下深刻印象。

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Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

对宇宙的思考现在已经交给了专家们。我们其余的人只是读到它。

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It wouldn’t matter if he was a bad boy , if you got rid of your bad habit. Be encouraged.

如果你改掉你的坏习惯，即使他是个坏男孩也没有关系。被鼓励。

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Reading messed with my brain in an unaccountable way. It made me happy; or something.

阅读以一种无法解释的方式扰乱了我的大脑。它使我快乐;什么的。

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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

你永远找不到一杯足够大的茶或一本书足够长来适合我。

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Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.

今天早上醒来时，我有一股强烈的冲动，想躺在床上读一整天书。

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It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.

我想，出版那本书更令人兴奋。

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Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

欲望是人。幸福是很常见的。

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No one has ever become poor by giving.

没有人因为给予而变得贫穷。

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Desire creates its own object.

欲望创造它自己的对象。

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