Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

  • -- Jincy Willett 金西威利特

如果你有东西可读,没有什么是真正无法忍受的。

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As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years when I was reading endless series. But in the end I became totally fed-up with all these sub-Tolkien rip-offs because they all end up doing the same old things and there's no rigour to it.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我真的很喜欢和精灵、妖精和刀剑一起读奇幻小说,有几年我经历了一个阅读无穷无尽的系列的阶段。但最后我完全受够了这些模仿托尔金的作品,因为他们最后都在做同样的事情,没有一丝严谨。

The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.

事实上,据我所知,很少有小说家对改编自小说的电影感到满意。

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

我想:可怜那些精神贫乏的人吧,他们既不懂语言的魅力,也不懂语言的美丽。

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

好书不会一下子把所有的秘密都泄露出来。