The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

  • -- Malcolm X 马尔科姆X

阅读的能力唤醒了我内心深处对精神活力的渴望。

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People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

那些相信自己有能力控制自己生活的人比那些不相信自己有能力改变生活的人更健康、更有效、更成功。

In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously.

在我的家庭里,在没有电视的日子里,我们喜欢在晚上把自己弄得很痛苦,仅仅因为我们有能力恶毒地说这种语言。

I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist.

我过去常常告诉我的写作学生,他们必须写他们希望能找到的书,因为这样他们渴望和渴望的书就会存在。

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.

桂冠诗人有其独特的职责。我计划在国会图书馆举办一系列的阅读活动,并为图书管理员提供建议。剩下的就是我如何推广诗歌。

I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air.

我爱这个地方;壮丽的书籍;我需要书,正如我需要空气。

No two persons ever read the same book.

没有两个人读过同一本书。