Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

书就像被囚禁的灵魂,直到有人把它们从书架上取下来,释放它们。

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If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom.

如果我直言不讳地指出对我们的武装部队成员放纵的危险,那是因为我们都特别关心那些为了自由而冒着生命危险的人的福利。

Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me. But I got so much out of that.

经历了心碎的痛苦时刻,然后怀孕了,我的整个生活被彻底颠覆了,就像被风吹散了一样。但我从中得到了很多。

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

因为书不仅仅是书,它们是生命,是过去时代的核心和核心,是人类生存、工作和死亡的原因,是他们生命的本质和精髓。

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

我要提醒你们,捍卫自由的极端主义不是罪恶!我还要提醒你们,追求正义的中庸不是美德。

I like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no more I'll still be with my books.

我喜欢想象,在我生命的最后一天,我的图书馆和我一起崩溃,这样即使我不在了,我仍然会和我的书在一起。

Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down.

通常,我会四处走走,思考一些事情。当我遇到一个让我发笑的想法时,我会把它写下来。