The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

  • -- Patricia A. McKillip 帕特丽夏A.麦基利普

拥有很多书的人的奇怪之处在于他们总是想要更多的书。

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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

我们成为什么样的人,取决于我们在所有教授教完我们之后读了什么书。最伟大的大学是一所藏书的大学。

That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

对我来说,这似乎就是“小说”的定义:一个尚未找到简洁方式的故事。

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

你能想象现在的年轻人为了好玩而学习三角函数吗?我所做的。

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

有些人用一半的聪明才智陷入债务,另一半用来逃避偿还。

The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

白天的时间不够她想读的书。

Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.

即使只有你一个人,你也要和自己开战。