I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.

  • -- Mary Oliver 玛丽·奥利弗

我阅读一个人游泳的方式,以挽救他或她的生命。我也是这么写的。

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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

养成读书的习惯,就是为自己建造一个避难所,使自己免受生活中几乎所有的不幸。

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.

当我停止工作,剩下的时间就是死后的日子了。我只有在写作的时候才真正活着。

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

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。

Nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing.

除了写作,没有什么能拯救你。它能防止墙壁倒塌。